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Styles and Present Dimensions of Attachment in University Students

2021

The objective of the present study is to evaluate and analyze styles and dimensions of attachment, its possible relations and how they become evident in the people involved in this study, For accomplishing it, a quantitative focus methodology was applied of descriptive type and crosscut, in which 105 Clinical Psychology university career students participated. The CaMir-R questionnaire was applied to evaluate the different styles and dimensions of attachment. In regard to the main found results it can be mentioned that - as much in men as in women -. the disorganized attachment is the most representative, followed by safe attachment. In turn, there exists a significant difference established by gender in these dimensions: family worry, parental permissiveness and infantile traumatism; In addition, as much positive correlations like refusals ones among the renowned dimensions were observed, where bulges out the positive link of self-sufficiency and resentment against the parents with...

An Investigation of Attachment Styles of College Students

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2012

In this study, it has been investigated whether attachment styles college students differ in terms of gender, presence or absence of a romantic relationship in the past and their settlement. Three hundred and eighteen college students attending the Faculty of Education, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University during the Autumn Semester of 2010-2011 participated this study. In this study, the data on the attachment styles were collected by "The Relationship Scale" developed by Griffin and Bartholomew (1994) and adapted to Turkish by Sümer and Güngör (1999).In the analysis of the obtained data, MANOVA, one way ANOVA, Bonferroni and Tukey Test. Findings have shown that Attachment styles scores differ in terms of gender and presence or absence ofa romantic relationship in the past and their settlement. The findings are discussed in the light of the literature and field studies related to new researcher and various suggestions were made

An investigation of social skills and loneliness levels of university students with respect to their attachment styles in a sample of Turkish students

2005

This study investigated the effects of attachment styles of university students on their social skills and loneliness levels. Their social skill levels, loneliness levels and attachment styles were measured by the Social Skills Inventory, UCLA Loneliness Scale, and Relationships Scale Questionnaire respectively. To analyze data. Mest. correlation analysis, and regression analysis were employed. Emotional expressivity levels, emotional sensitivity levels, social control levels, and total social skill levels of female students were found to be significantly higher than those of male students. However, emotional control levels of male students were significantly higher than those of female students. A significant effect of attachment styles on loneliness and social skills was detected. Social skill levels of students who have secure attachment styles were found to be significantly higher than social skills levels of students who have insecure attachment styles. Average loneliness points of students who do not have a romantic relationship were found to be significantly higher than others. However, the average social skill points of those students were found to be significantly lower than others. An individual's ability to have close relationships with others is one of the most important features of a healthy personality. Close relationships influence the personal and social development processes of individuals considerably. Although M. Engin Deniz.

A Study of Students’ Loneliness Levels and Their Attachment Styles

Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between loneliness levels and attachment styles of university students. In this research, it was investigated whether the attachment styles differed in terms of variables such as gender, class, place of stay, socio-economic level of their family, parental education levels, counterpart friendship relations, number of siblings, whether to receive psychological help or not. This research was conducted as a relational search. A total of 247 university students selected randomly formed the sample of the research. The results of the research can be summarized as follows; Loneliness levels of those who perceive the socioeconomic status as low and those who didn't get psychological help are found to be higher. Male students and students who get psychological help have higher scores on secure attachment. According to the results of the research there’s a low negative correlation between the loneliness levels of students and dismis...

Investigating the relationship between attachment styles and social adjustment of male and female high school students with working parents

Family and health, 2022

Introduction: Adaptation is an important concern in adolescence. During the student period, if one can create social adjustment, it can make life easier. In this way, they will feel happy and can continue the work of further development. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between attachment styles and social adjustment of male and female high school students with working parents. Methods: In this study, correlation and regression methods were used to investigate the relationship between variables. The statistical population is 80 male and female high school students with working parents in Rasht. From the community, the sample size of 40 female students and the sample size of 40 male students, who were randomly selected, were considered. The instruments used in this study included the Bell Social Adjustment Questionnaire, the Collins and Reed Attachment Styles Questionnaire. SPSS-24 software was used for data analysis. Results: The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between secure attachment style and social adjustment (p <0.01, r = 0.539) that this relationship is direct. That is, with increasing secure attachment style, social adjustment also increases. Also, the calculated correlation coefficient shows that there is a negative and significant relationship between avoidant attachment style and social adjustment (p <0.01, r =-0.411), which is an inverse relationship. That is, as the avoidant attachment style increases, so does social adjustment. Also, the calculated correlation coefficient shows that there is a negative and significant relationship between ambivalent attachment style and social adjustment (p <0.01, r = 0.404), which is an inverse relationship. That is, with increasing ambivalent attachment style, the rate of social adjustment decreases. Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a positive and significant relationship between the component of secure attachment style and social adjustment. There is also a significant relationship between the component of avoidant attachment style and social adjustment.

Social competence, personality and adult attachment style in a Portuguese sample

Personality and Individual Differences, 1998

The aim of the present study was to examine the correlates of adult attachment style, measured using a Portuguese translation of the paragraphs proposed by . University students (N = 138) responded to this measure. to the Social Competence Questionnaire (ComQ) and to the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI). Percentages found for each attachment style were similar to those found by other authors. Secure participants scored higher in social competence. In the EPI, the anxious/ambivalent group was higher in neuroticism, whereas the avoidants leaned toward introversion. Differences in correlations among social competence and personality scales were also found in different attachment styles, C I998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved

Does It Run in the Family? How Family Background Affects Attachment Styles for Students in Higher Education

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021

Background: Socioeconomic background has traditionally been the most important determinant of an individual’s social advantage. Studies have used social class and opportunities based on parental income and education to predict such advantage. There is limited evidence that stratification mechanisms other than socioeconomic background can play an important role. The purpose of the study is to examine the influence of the traditional factors (income and education) of family background on students’ social attachment styles compared to other background variables (civil status and number of children). Methods: We used the Vulnerable Attachment Style Questionnaire as an outcome measure to assess students’ social attachment advantage. As a point of departure, we use theories of social psychology to categorize social relations in terms of secure or insecure bonding, respectively. Results: A cross-sectional data set of 912 university students from five European countries was used. With respe...

Differences in one's own and one's partner's perceptions of social skills as a function of attachment style

Communication Quarterly, 2003

Two studies focused on attachment‐style differences in people's social skills. Study 1 had a sample of 237 students who completed questionnaires assessing their own attachment styles and social skills (based on Riggio's six dimensions of social skill). Study 2, which focused on partner‐reports, used data from 258 couples to determine whether people's perceptions of a partner's social skill would vary based on the partner's self‐reported attachment style. The results revealed attachment‐style differences in various social skills across self‐and partner‐reports; however, these differences were generally less robust for partner‐reports. Differences in self‐reported social skill were consistent with Bartholomew's two‐factor conceptualization of attachment. Dismissive and fearful individuals rated themselves as relatively antisocial and unexpressive, in line with their negative models of others; preoccupied and fearful individuals rated themselves as overly sensitive, in line with their negative models of self. Preoccupied individuals were also perceived as the most socially sensitive by their partners, and across all the analyses, secures were ostensibly the most socially skilled.

The Attachment Dynamic in Adult Life

A case is presented for regarding the Attachment Dynamic as a theoretical model for hypotheses on the aetiology and management of neuroses and personality disorders. It is proposed that man has a number of natural propensities, including: (1) attaining ‘¿¿ com panionable interactions' with peers, in which competence is affirmed, self-esteem enhanced, and a state of well-being (‘assuagement') is promoted. (2) when hindered in the pursuit of interests and companionable interaction, an urge to seek support through proximity to, and often ‘¿¿ supportive interaction' with support-givers. (3) severepsychologi cal distress (‘disassuagement') when support-givers cannot be induced to act effectively, with a propensity to devise defensive strategies, supplemented by psychological defence mechanisms; when maladaptive, these strategies are the source of neurotic symptoms and antisocial traits. Through these propensities, movement between companionable inter action and effective support sustains the urge to develop skills and explore interests creatively. However, this movement is hindered by the experience of repeated disassuagement and the need to maintain maladaptive defensive strategies.

The relationship between attachment styles with depression in students

2015

The objective of this research was to investigate the relationship between attachment styles with depression among high school students. The research society included all male and female students in different majors from Aleshtar medical Science University during the academic year of 2010-2011.The sample volume involved 296subjects which was selected using simple random Sampling method. The measurement tools were adult Attachment scale and Beck-depression test, the research method was correlative that is in the context of practical research. Also, to analyze data result from Collins-Read, and Beck questionnaires, the Pearson correlation coefficient and multi variant Regression was used. Findings showed that there is a significant negative relationship between secure attachment styles with depression in students. And also there is a significant positive relationship between insecure attachment (avoidance) styles and insecure (Anxious- ambivalence) with depression in students.