Examining university students` attitudes towards attachment styles

Authors : Elif Rojan YILDIZ, Sinem GÖNENLİ

Pages : 75-82

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Publication Date : 2020-12-19

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study is to evaluate university students` attitudes towards attachment styles according to demographic characteristics. The universe of the study is 800 students studying at the Department of Psychology at Istanbul Aydın University. The sample of the study was 279 university students determined by convenience sampling method and a questionnaire was applied to this sample. Socio-demographic information form and the Experiences in Close Relationship Inventory, adapted to Turkish by Sümer and Güngör insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1999); developed by Brennan, Clark and Shaver insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1998);, were applied to the participants. The Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory has 2 sub-dimensions as Anxious and Avoidant and 36 items. In the analysis of the data; Kruskal Wallis H, Mann Whitney-U analyzes were used. High scores indicate the presence of a high level of attachment style. According to the findings of the study, among the gender variable of university students; There is a significant difference between the age variable and the level of avoidance and anxiety; It was determined that there was no significant difference between parents living together and class variables and anxiety and avoidance levels.
Keywords : Adult psychology, Attachment style, University student