Another variable that can influence the attachment and the persons outcome later in life is the socioeconomic group that the person or family is a member of. For example, if the family is from a poor background, it is likely that the parents will have to spend more time working for money and will have less time to foster an attachment. Conversely, if the background is at least middle class or higher, it is likely that the mother will have more time to form attachments and the money and status also helps the person achieve higher well-being later in life.
-- Edited by 102intro on Friday 3rd of April 2009 11:10:49 PM
I agree with you that there are socioeconomic factors that effect the attachment (or lack of attachment) that a child develops. But I feel like there is more than just that. Specifically, I think that there are specific experiences that are unique to different children that effects the way they develop. For instance, say a child's mother dies under some unfortunate circumstance. This would make it very difficult for the child to develop and therefore might lead to less well-being in the future. Any other unique situation or experience like this could be one other variable that influences the future outcome of a child.
I agree that economic status plays a role. I think, however, that economic status is not the only role, as dinosaur points out. There is perhaps an uncountable amount of factors that affect a child and contribute to the wellness of his/her future.
Nevertheless, if we divide all the children into groups based on economic status alone, we will find that higher economic status children are more likely to be secure.
I agree to the statement above as we must take into consideration of how the parents and the environment does influence the child in ways immeasureable. However there can be an argument that an opportunity lost for children to develop such an attachment is not having a secure attachment at all. Therefore, the child is not really influenced by the attachment, but the environment that they were raised in.
