In this paper, I will summarize the article I read, The Association Between Parental Reports of Attachment Style and Family Dynamics, and Offspring’s Reports of Adult Attachment Style. In the summary, section I will include the purpose of this study, the descriptions of the subjects involved, study design, and my key findings. In section II, I will reflect on one finding that I have explained in section I.Section IThis research assessed by Dr. Mikulincer and Dr. Florian was, “to find the association between parents’ reports of attachment styles and their perceptions of family environment, on the one hand, and offspring’s reports of adult attachment styles, on the other” (Mukulincer and Florian, 1999). The study included, “sample of 98 undergraduate psychology students at Bar-Ilan University (58 women 40 men, ranging in age from 18 to 32, median=21)” (Mikulincer and Florian, 1999). All of the participants were single. Their fathers and mothers, who all have lived together in intact families, also took part in questionnaires. The study design was that they used various ways of questioning. They first brought the student subjects in a group of 10 to 15 to the laboratory. There, they participated in figuring out their attachment styles. This showed the different attachment styles towards their mother and/or father. Then they were given a sealed envelope to give to their parents. Inside, were questionnaires that the parents had to fill out alone and return upon completion. Then, the students and their parents received an attachment style scale to fill out which asked questions of their typical style of relating to significant others. In this questionnaire, were three dependent variables. They included security, avoidant, and ambivalent attachment. The higher the scores, the higher the fathers’ and mothers’ reports of solidarity and adaptability toward their children appear...
