Ainsworth's Attachment Analysis

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In researching Ainsworth’s attachment theory, it states that when we are infants we are all able to form attachments to our parent or a guardian (6) (Ainsworth, 1979). Dependent upon the quality of interactions with the caregiver, this attachment can be viewed as either secure or insecure. Currently, there is not much research done that links attachment styles and bullying directly but studies have been done and closely linked attachment styles with aggression. Bullying has become a world-wide concern in recent schools and can be viewed as a form of aggression involving repetition and an imbalance of power. In 2016, the National Education Center for Education reported that more than one out of every five (20.8%) students report being bullied …show more content…
Researchers have confirmed the relationship between self-esteem and symptoms such as depression and anxiety (5) (Neiss, Stevenson, Legrand, Iacono, & Sedikides, 2009). In speaking to my sister in law she has seen many issues already with self-esteem in regards to weight and appearance in grades as low at first grade. Jennifer then discussed a personal experience of hers when she was in school and was repeatedly bullied by a girl across the street. She could not take the bus to school due to issues this girl had caused, she was often harassed in the hallways by this girl and her friends, and multiple times had people playing “ding-dong-ditch” at her house and had pizzas delivered multiple times. She lived directly across the street and her parents were not at all interested in helping to find a solution to the problem but instead at times took part in the bullying and felt it made their daughter stronger. They were not very involved or around to parent, as both parents were usually working their grandparents were over there. The other girl was a much bigger girl in regards to weight and a few years older. She believes that girls who are teased about their weight generally have lower self-esteem than girls who are not teased regardless of whether or not they believed the teasing affected them emotionally. Due to the lower self-esteem and lack of parent …show more content…
Based on a study conducted by Dr. Janice Kennedy from Georgia Southern University (4), it was hypothesized that those who were secure or insecure-ambivalent in attachment to mother would show lower rates of bullying compared to insecure-avoidant individuals. (2). Since the children that have the insecure avoidant attachment behaviors they probably do not have a chance to learn empathy and empathize with others since their parental figures did not display or show them these characteristics. The parent-child relationship cannot be stressed enough as having a major effect on the child as an adult and understanding of the foundations of bullying behavior will assist individuals and organizations in managing these specific types of behavior in the school setting and eventually the workplace. In hopes that we can better understand the driving forces behind these types of bullying behavior and learn ways to prevent it from occurring, much more research is
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