A replication and adaptation of Hazan and Schaver's "Love Quiz".

... Kate Parkin A replication and adaptation of Hazan and Schaver's "Love Quiz" Introduction Attachment is a strong bond formed between infant and caregiver. It provides safety and is an asset in terms of the infant's survival. This bond causes a strong sense of depression when the two individuals are apart and an equal strong sense of elation when they are reunited. Kagan et al (1982) described attachment as "an intense emotional relationship...enduring over time and in which prolonged separation...is accompanied by stress and sorrow" More recently Atkinson et al 2000 describes attachment as "an infant's tendency to seek closeness to particular people and to feel more secure in their presence" Most psychologists agree that pleasure on reunion, separation protest (despair when separated), stranger anxiety (fear of strangers) and general orientation (crawling and eye contact) occur because of the formation of attachment, and that most infants go through these stages. The duration and intensity of

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