Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development

This study “Human Temperament and Attachment Styles: A Critical Interrogation” leaned on John Bowldy’s (1950) theory of attachment to investigate the development of attachment patterns and temperament in infants and how early infant interpersonal experiences affect adult life relationships in terms of romantic adult relationship, adult faith and relationship with God. It found that although influences of early infant’s attachments and temperaments styles on adult relationships continue across generations, one’s personal and environmental factors such as relational experiences do bring about positive change in individual attachment styles. It concluded that whereas human temperament and attachment styles play significant role in adult life, their stability and fluidity in an adult life is occasioned by personal, environmental and societal factors.

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