PSYCH 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10.9: Mary Ainsworth, Attachment In Adults
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Parents construct internal working models from their own history of attachment experiences that they apply to bonds w/ their babies. Adult attachment interview (mary ainsworth) asks adults to evaluate childhood memories of attachment experiences. Objectivity + balance securely attached children. Warmer and more sensitive parents + more affectionate and comfortable interaction. Dismiss importance of early relationships or have negative feelings to them insecurely attached children. Negative life events can weaken link between attachment security in infancy and secure working model in adulthood. The way we view our childhoods is more influential than actual care recieved. Anxious unhappy 1 y/o will generally choose mother over father but trend declines over 2nd yr. Father"s sensitive caregiving and interactional synchrony predicts attachment security. Play allows fathers to build secure attachment. Fathers who act as primary caregivers retain arousing play style. Tend to be less gender stereotyped in their beliefs. Often had involved fathers of their own. Warm marital bond promotes involvement of father.
