I think that the reason that there tends to be a relationship between attachment and personality later in life is that there is much reinforcement between childhood and adulthood. As a child develops, once they reach the stage of a secure attachment, for example, it is not as if the child is then left alone and let to continue with this trait or lose it. This trait is often continuously reinforced by parents and other people as the child continues to grow, and by the time that the child is let to go off on their own, he/she has probably developed a peronality based off of this reinforcement that is going to define him/her for the rest of his/her life.
I highly agree with this. I know from personal experience, that because my mother highly encouraged me and my sister's attachment to her all through our childhood, we are still very much emotionally attached to our mother, we call her regularly to check up on her, and we like to go back home and be close to her. On the other hand, one of my friend's was always encouraged to be mature and independent as a child and to learn to deal with different situations without her mother's interference or much encouragement. As a result she now has what we would call a love/hate relationship with her mother in which she loves her mother, but she is unable to harmoniously live with her because of personality differences.
I also agree with this post. From my experience, my parents weren't really around when I was younger so I learned to do things on my own. After a while, the behavior just reinforced itself.
I agree. There is also definitely a feedback loop of behavior. Having a secure attachment promotes behaviors which reinforce the attachment. So once a secure attachment is established it seems less likely to fall apart than for a secure attachment to spontaneously develop.
I agree with how personality is based on how the child transitions from childhood to adulthood. It is a time when people are separated from their parents, and possibly a time when the children lose their attachment or maintain that attachment. So, I agree that transition would in fact affect people.
