Close Spaces: Original Research on Attachment in Thai Orphans

Authors

Jenessa Halliday, Brigham Young University
Dr. Charles Nuckolls, Brigham Young University

Keywords

close spaces, Thai orphans, daily caregivers, Viengping Orphanage

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Anthropology

Abstract

This report evaluates attachment among twenty orphaned toddlers living in the Viengping Orphanage in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The report measures the attachment of the orphans towards their daily caregivers, using an adapted version of the Waters attachment q-set (AQS). Due to a correlation between orphans and insecure attachment, this report expected to find low levels of attachment between the children and their caregivers. Analysis of scores from the q-set test indicated that eleven of the twenty children experience insecure attachment.

Recommended Citation

Halliday, Jenessa and Nuckolls, Dr. Charles (2014) "Close Spaces: Original Research on Attachment in Thai Orphans," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 154.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/154