Cultural variations in attachment/strange situation

which researchers assessed how attachment styles vary across different cultures?

• Van Ijzendoorn
• Simonelli
• Mi Kyoung Jin
• Kronenberg

The results for this study were meta-analysed. What does this mean?

Which country had the highest insecure-resistant attachment style amongst the children observed

• Japan
• Brazil
• USA
• Israel

Which countries had the highest secure attachment style?

• China
• Brazil
• Great Britain
• Japan
• Sweden

Simonelli carried out a study of attachment using strange situation and found a lower rate of secure attachment and higher rate of insecure-avoidant. Why might this be?

Mi Kyoung Jin carried out a study of attachment in Korea and found the distribution of attachment styles was similar to Japan. What does this suggest?

What is meant by an indigenous researcher?

Evaluate the benefits/limitations of an indigenous researcher observing cultural variations in attachment

What are confounding variables

• the variable being measured
• a variable that can influence the IV and the DV
• the variable being changed

How can confounding variables affect the results of the strange situation studies carried out?