Discriminatory attitudes relationship to attachment styles, selfconstrual and sociodemographic variables in university students

Forms of discrimination such as racism, homophobia, and sexism have been negatively affecting the individuals that are being exposed to these both in daily life and in public aspect. In this study, the relationship between discriminatory attitudes, attachment styles, self-construal and sociodemographic variables were examined. Differences in discriminatory attitudes in terms of gender and class level variables were also investigated. The sample of the study consisted of 279 university students attending the different departments of a faculty of education in a public university in Turkey. The data were collected with Sociodemographic Data Form, Discriminatory Attitudes Scale, Relational, Individual and Collective Self-Aspects Scale and Relationship Scales Questionnaire. The data were analyzed via SPSS software. According to the results of the study, homosexual discrimination is significantly and positively related to relatedness sub-scale of Self-Aspects Scale. Discrimination against woman was found as significantly and positively related to secure attachment style, on the other hand secure attachment style was found as significantly and negatively related to discrimination against foreigners. The sociodemographic variables like religiosity, political ideology, the level of contact with different cultures and a number of the books read within a year were found as significantly related to discriminatory attitudes. Also, differences in discriminatory attitudes by gender and class level were found. In relation with these findings, suggestions for further studies were presented. Keywords: discrimination; discriminatory attitudes; university students; education;

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Prevalence of a Forgivingness Tolerance Trait among University Students and its Relationship with Attachment Styles

Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies [JEPS] ◽

10.24200/jeps.vol10iss4pp36-52 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 36

Author(s):

Ahmad M. Mahasneh

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Secure Attachment ◽

Academic Level ◽

Avoidant Attachment ◽

Hashemite University ◽

Academic Year ◽

Academic Specialization

This study aimed to identify the prevalence of a forgiveness trait among university students and its relationship with attachment styles, and to determine any differences in the extent of forgiveness based on gender, academic specialization and academic level variables. Participants in the study consisted of 784 male and female undergraduate students at the Hashemite University in the academic year 2013-2014, who completed both the attachment styles and forgiveness traits scales. Results indicated a moderate prevalence of the forgiveness trait and no significant differences were found due to gender, while significant differences were found due to academic specialization in favor of humanist specializations and academic level in favor of third and fourth academic levels. Results also indicated that the secure attachment style indicated a positive relationship with the forgiveness trait, whereas no significant relationship was found between the anxious or avoidant attachment styles, and the forgiveness trait.

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Prevalence of a Forgivingness Tolerance Trait among University Students and its Relationship with Attachment Styles

Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies [JEPS] ◽

10.24200/jeps.vol11iss1pp36-52 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 36

Author(s):

Ahmad M. Mahasneh

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Secure Attachment ◽

Academic Level ◽

Avoidant Attachment ◽

Hashemite University ◽

Academic Year ◽

Academic Specialization

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Prediction Of Problematic Internet Use By Attachment In University Students

Journal of Education and Training Studies ◽

10.11114/jets.v5i1.2070 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 79 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hatice Irem Ozteke Kozan ◽

Sahin Kesici ◽

Cagla Girgin Buyukbayraktar ◽

S. Barbaros Yalcin

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Internet Use ◽

Predictive Power ◽

Social Benefit ◽

Problematic Internet Use ◽

Secure Attachment ◽

Social Comfort ◽

Preoccupied Attachment

Aim of this research is to examine the predictive power of attachment style on problematic internet use among university students. Participants of study consist of 481 university students (230 girls). Results indicate that there is a negative correlation between secure attachment style and social benefit/social comfort and there is a positive correlation between preoccupied attachment style and social benefit/social comfort which is a sub-dimension of problematic internet use. Considering predictive power of attachment on problematic internet use, results show that preoccupied, secure and dismissing attachment styles are significant predictors of social benefit/social comfort. Results and comments for the future studies on problematic internet use and attachment were discussed in general.

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A Study of Students’ Loneliness Levels and Their Attachment Styles

Journal of Education and Training Studies ◽

10.11114/jets.v5i7.2395 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (7) ◽

pp. 37 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

F. Sülen Şahin Kıralp ◽

Nergüz B. Serin

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Negative Correlation ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Parental Education ◽

Psychological Help ◽

Secure Attachment ◽

Friendship Relations ◽

Education Levels ◽

Preoccupied Attachment

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 dismissing attachment style, a low positive correlation between the loneliness level and preoccupied attachment style, and a low negative correlation between the loneliness level and secure attachment style.

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Effects of Attachment Styles on the Experience of Equity in Heterosexual Couples Relationships

Experimental Psychology (formerly Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie) ◽

10.1026//1618-3169.50.4.298 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 50 (4) ◽

pp. 298-310 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Ina Grau ◽

Jörg Doll

Keyword(s):

Attachment Theory ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Intimate Relationships ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Experimental Studies ◽

The Other ◽

Heterosexual Couples ◽

Secure Attachment ◽

Dependent Variables ◽

Equity Ratio

Abstract. Employing one correlational and two experimental studies, this paper examines the influence of attachment styles (secure, anxious, avoidant) on a person’s experience of equity in intimate relationships. While one experimental study employed a priming technique to stimulate the different attachment styles, the other involved vignettes describing fictitious characters with typical attachment styles. As the specific hypotheses about the single equity components have been developed on the basis of the attachment theory, the equity ratio itself and the four equity components (own outcome, own input, partner’s outcome, partner’s input) are analyzed as dependent variables. While partners with a secure attachment style tend to describe their relationship as equitable (i.e., they give and take extensively), partners who feel anxious about their relationship generally see themselves as being in an inequitable, disadvantaged position (i.e., they receive little from their partner). The hypothesis that avoidant partners would feel advantaged as they were less committed was only supported by the correlational study. Against expectations, the results of both experiments indicate that avoidant partners generally see themselves (or see avoidant vignettes) as being treated equitably, but that there is less emotional exchange than is the case with secure partners. Avoidant partners give and take less than secure ones.

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ASOSIASI ANTARA ATTACHMENT STYLES DALAM HUBUNGAN ROMANTIS PADA RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION (KEPUASAAN DALAM SUATU HUBUNGAN)

PSYCHOPEDIA : Jurnal Psikologi Universitas Buana Perjuangan Karawang ◽

10.36805/psikologi.v3i1.707 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Wina Lova Riza

Keyword(s):

Relationship Satisfaction ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Romantic Relationship ◽

Close Relationships ◽

Assessment Scale ◽

Secure Attachment ◽

Positive Direction ◽

Experiences In Close Relationships ◽

Relationship Assessment

This study aims to investigate the association between perceptions of childhood experiences with parents, attachment styles (avoidant, anxious/ambivalent, and security) in romantic relationships, and relationship satisfaction (satisfaction in relationships) with a sample of lecturers and employees of UBP in Karawang who have married or having a romantic relationship. The method used in this study is a regression method with the aim to find out the extent of the influence of one independent variable with the dependent variable. In other words, researchers intend to see the effect of variable attachment styles with relationship satisfaction. The research instrument used was to use two questionnaires with a Likert scale, namely the Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised (ECR-R) questionnaire and the relationship assessment scale. From the results of the study using multivariate correlation analysis with the SPSS 24 program, a significant value of 0.009 was obtained with a probability (p) of 0,000; because p <0.05, it indicates a significant relationship with a positive direction between attachment styles and relationship satisfaction. In addition, the following are the results of grouping the results of respondents' attachment style. From a total of 88 respondents, 50 of them (57%) have a fearful attachment style, 17 people (19%) have a dismissing attachment style, 11 people (13%) have a preocupied attachment style, and 10 (11%) have type of secure attachment style. Keywords: Attachment Styles, Relationship Satisfication, Romantic Relationship Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menyelidiki asosiasi antara persepsi pengalaman masa kanak-kanak dengan orang tua, attachment styles (avoidant, anxious/ambivalent, dan security) dalam hubungan romantis, dan relationship satisfacation (kepuasaan dalam hubungan) dengan sampel dosen dan karyawan UBP Karawang yang telah menikah atau sedang menjalani hubungan romantis. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode regresi dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui sejauh mana pengaruh satu variabel indenpenden dengan variabel dependen. Dengan kata lain, peneliti bermaksud untuk melihat pengaruh variabel attachment styles dengan relationship satisfaction. Instrumen penelitian yang digunakan adalah dengan menggunakan dua kuesioner dengan skala likert, yaitu kuesioner Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised (ECR-R) dan relationship assessment scale. Dari hasil penelitian dengan menggunakan analsis korelasi multivariat dengan program SPSS 24 diperoleh nilai signifikan sebesar 0,009 dengan probabilitas (p) 0,000; karena p < 0,05, maka menunjukkan adanya hubungan yang signifikan dengan arah positif antara attachment styles dengan relationship satisfaction. Sebagai tambahan, berikut dipaparkan hasil pengelompokkan hasil attachment style responden. Dari total 88 preponden, 50 orang diantaranya (57%) memiliki tipe fearful attachment style, 17 orang (19%) memiliki tipe dismissing attachment style, 11 orang (13%) memiliki tipe preocupied attachment style, dan 10 orang (11%) memiliki tipe secure attachment style. Kata Kunci: Attachment Styles, Relationship Satisfication, Romantic Relationship

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Is it possible to experience intimacy, attachment and love between human and operating system? An analyzing through Her movieİnsanla işletim sistemi arasında yakınlık, bağlanma ve aşk mümkün mü? Aşk (Her) filmi üzerinden bir inceleme

Journal of Human Sciences ◽

10.14687/jhs.v14i1.4176 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 145 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ümit Morsünbül

Keyword(s):

Operating System ◽

Qualitative Research ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Human Behavior ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Research Method ◽

Document Analysis ◽

Secure Attachment ◽

Related Literature ◽

Overall Evaluation

Pyschology and cinema are fields that benefit each other in order to explain human behavior. Many researchers have been noted that cinema is important tool in order to understand psychological structures. In light of related literature the main aim of the present study is to analyze the Her movie directed by Spike Jonez through Erikson’s intimacy versus isolation stage, Hazan and Shaver’s attachment styles and finally Sternberg’s love types. The sub-question was investigated in addition to the main aim is whether intimacy, attachment and love can be between operating system and human. Document analysis that one of the qualitative research method was used in the present study. An overall evaluation, it can be said thanks to Theodor’s relation with Samantha, Theodor experienced intimacy that Erikson was defined, he attached with secure attachment style that Hazan and Shaver defined to Samantha and finally according to Stenberg’s love types romantic love was experienced between couple. When we look answer of sub-question of the present study Her movie indicates that human can be intimate with operating system, experience attachment and fall in love. ÖzetPsikoloji ve sinema insan davranışlarını açıklamak amacıyla birbirinden yararlanan iki alandır. Sinemanın psikolojik yapıları anlamak açısından önemli bir araç olduğu pek çok araştırmacı tarafından belirtilmiştir. İlgili literatür ışığında bu çalışmanın temel amacı yönetmenliği Spike Jonze’un yaptığı Aşk (Her) filminin Erikson’un yakınlığa karşı yalıtılmışlık evresi, Hazan ve Shaver’in bağlanma stilleri ve son olarak da Sternberg’in aşk türleri temelinde analiz edilmesidir. Bu temel amaca ek olarak incelen bir alt soru da sesten ibaret olan bir işletim sistemiyle bir insanın arasında yakınlık, bağlanma ve aşk olup olamayacağıdır. Çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden biri olan döküman incelemesi kullanılmıştır. Genel olarak değerlendirildiğinde Theodor’un Samantha ile ilişkisi sayesinde Erikson’un tanımladığı yakınlığı deneyimlediği, bağlanma stilleri açısından ise Theodor’un Samantha’ya Hazan ve Shaver’ın tanımladığı güvenli bağlanma örüntüsüyle bağlandığı ve son olarak da Sternberg’in aşk türleri açısından ikilinin arasında romantik aşkın yaşandığı söylenebilir. Çalışmanın alt sorusunun yanıtına baktığımızda Aşk filmi insanın işletim sistemiyle yakın olabileceğini, ona bağlanabileceğini ve aşık olabileceğini göstermektedir.

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Is attachment style in early childhood associated with mental health difficulties in late adolescence?

BJPsych Open ◽

10.1192/bjo.2021.98 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (S1) ◽

pp. S15-S15

Author(s):

Philippa Clery ◽

Angela Rowe ◽

Marcus Munafò ◽

Liam Mahedy

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Early Childhood ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Late Adolescence ◽

Insecure Attachment ◽

Secure Attachment ◽

Childhood Attachment ◽

Mental Health Difficulties ◽

Self Harm

AimsIdentifying factors that contribute to mental health difficulties in young people as early in life as possible are needed to inform prevention strategies. One area of interest is attachment. Although existing research has suggested an association between insecure attachment styles and mental health difficulties, these studies often have small sample sizes, use cross-sectional designs, and measure attachment as a discrete variable at a single point or use romantic relationship attachment as a proxy for childhood attachment. It is also unclear whether these associations persist into late adolescence. In this large prospective study we aimed to determine whether an insecure attachment style measured at repeated points in early childhood, is associated with depression and self-harm at 18 years.MethodWe used data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children cohort. Mothers completed attachment related questionnaires when their child was 18, 30, and 42 months old. Offspring depression and lifetime self-harm was assessed at 18 years in clinic using the Clinical Interview Schedule-Revised. Attachment was derived as a continuous latent variable in a structural equation modelling framework. Logistic regression was performed on participants with complete attachment data (n = 7032) to examine the association between attachment style and depression and self-harm, with adjustment for potential confounders. Differential dropout was accounted for using multiple imputation.ResultWe found some evidence for an association between a more insecure attachment style in childhood, and a diagnosis of depression and life-time self-harm at age 18. In the fully adjusted imputed model, a one standard deviation increase in insecure attachment was associated with a 13% increase in the odds of depression (OR = 1.13; 95%CI = 1.00 to 1.27) and a 14% increase in the odds of self-harm at age 18 (OR = 1.14; 95%CI = 1.02 to 1.25), for children who had more insecure attachment in early childhood, compared with children who had more secure attachment.ConclusionThis is the largest longitudinal study to examine the prospective association between childhood attachment and depression and self-harm in late adolescence. Our findings strengthen the evidence suggesting that a childhood insecure attachment style is associated with mental health difficulties in late adolescence. Policies and interventions to support parenting behaviours that foster the development of secure attachment styles, or attachment-based therapies to improve attachment quality, could help reduce depression and self-harm in adolescence/young adulthood.Philippa Clery is supported by the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research at the University of Bristol and the Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund.

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Attachment and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning in patients with eating disorders

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.783 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. S551-S552 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

F. Monaco ◽

A.M. Monteleone ◽

F. Pellegrino ◽

V. Ruzzi ◽

G. Fico ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Stress Response ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Secure Attachment ◽

Response System ◽

Avoidant Attachment ◽

Stress Response System ◽

Hpa Axis Functioning

IntroductionAttachment theory suggests that different attachment styles influence the development of individual's self-esteem and modulate the individual's ability to manage stressful events by responding with adequate affective adjustment. High levels of insecure attachment are present in adults with Eating Disorders (EDs).ObjectivesThe variables that mediate the association between attachment style and EDs have not been investigated enough. The possibility exists that the endogenous stress response system is involved.AimsTo appraise the role of the endogenous stress response system, we studied the effect of attachment styles on the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis functioning in ED patients.MethodsFifty- two women with EDs and 25 healthy women completed the ECR questionnaire to assess their attachment style. Saliva samples were taken in the morning to measure the Cortisol Awakening Response (CAR). Moreover, the saliva cortisol response to the Trier-Social-Stress-Test (TSST) was measured in 30 ED patients and 15 healthy controls.ResultsPatients with avoidant attachment showed an increased CAR compared to both healthy controls and to patients with anxious and secure attachment styles. In the initial TSST phase, cortisol levels decreased in the secure attachment group but not in patients with avoidant attachment. In the TSST stress response phase, the cortisol raise was higher in insecure patients and delayed in avoidant ones.ConclusionsIn adults with EDs, attachment styles affect the HPA axis functioning and this could have a role in the pathophysiology of EDs.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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Relations between attachment styles, ageism and quality of life in late life

International Psychogeriatrics ◽

10.1017/s1041610210001249 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 22 (8) ◽

pp. 1353-1361 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Ehud Bodner ◽

Sara Cohen-Fridel

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Elderly People ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Late Life ◽

The Elderly ◽

Human Beings ◽

Secure Attachment ◽

Sf 36

ABSTRACTBackground: This study is the first to explore the relations between attachment styles, ageism, and quality of life (QoL) among elderly people. The attachment theory describes how human beings relate to each other, according to their attachment style. Previous studies have examined the connection between attachment styles and prejudice toward distinctive social groups and minorities. Ageism as a form of prejudice is a way of relating negatively to people because they are old. QoL among the elderly was found to be associated with negative age-perceptions. It was therefore hypothesized that QoL, attachments styles, and demographic characteristics can explain ageism among the elderly.Methods: Four questionnaires were administered: Fraboni Scale of Ageism (FSA), which comprises four scales (separation, affective, stereotype, and intergeneration); Experiences in Close Relationships Scale, which measures four attachment styles (secure, dismissive, fearful, and preoccupied); SF-36 health status inventory (eight scales); and sociodemographic questions. Ninety-four elderly men and women aged 64–85 years living in the community completed the questionnaires.Results: MANCOVAS indicated that securely attached individuals score higher on separation than fearfully attached individuals, and that securely and dismissively attached individuals score higher than fearful and preoccupied individuals on seven QoL scales. Multiple regression analyses showed that attachment styles, age, gender, and some QoL scales contribute to the explained variance of ageism.Conclusions: Secure attachment in late life seems to be related to less ageism and a better QoL. The enhancement of a secure attachment base in elderly people may assist in moderating ageism and improving older people's QoL.

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