scholarly journals Attachment Style, Emotional Maturity and Self-Esteem among Adults with and Without Substance Abuse

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjali Gupta ◽  
Roopali Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Gender Difference ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Substance Abusers ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Emotional Maturity ◽  
Persistent Problem ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Attachment Pattern

The present study focuses on determining the difference between adults with and without substance abuse in their attachment style, emotional maturity and self-esteem and also whether there is gender difference in them. For the study, sample comprised of 80 participants, i.e. 40 substance abusers and 40 substance non abusers in which 20 males and 20 females of 18 – 30 years from both the group were taken as sample. The primary reason of the study was that substance abuse is a persistent problem that many people suffer from and it is inexorably a growing issue that leads to social and economic influences. The results showed that there was significant difference among adults who abuse substances and who did not abuse substances. Participants who did not abuse substances showed secure attachment pattern, high emotional stability and high self-esteem as compared to participants who abuse substances. Also there was a significant gender difference in secure attachment pattern in non-abusers and in insecure attachment pattern in substance abusers. Females in comparison to males were more emotional stable in both the groups. No significant difference was seen in the self-esteem of males and females. The study provides an opportunity for further research across age and sub-divisions of the variables to uncover the possible differences or similarities that may be present.

To study or not to study abroad? students’ decision in perspective of motivations, barriers and attachment

Human Affairs ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-193
Author(s):  
Filip Sulejmanov ◽  
Klára Seitlová ◽  
Martin Seitl ◽  
Barbora Kasalová
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Style ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Thematic Structure ◽  
Exact Test ◽  
Studying Abroad ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Hoc ◽  
Attachment Dimensions ◽  
Inductive Thematic Analysis

Abstract The aim of this study is to explore the antecedents of studying abroad. First, we explore motivations for and barriers against studying abroad in two groups of students (who had studied abroad, and who had not studied abroad). Second, differences in attachment dimensions and styles are examined in both groups. A deductive thematic analysis supported the thematic structure identified by Krzaklewska (2008) in regard to motivations. Furthermore, five barriers were identified using inductive thematic analysis. Although the same motivational and barrier themes were found in both groups, there were some notable qualitative differences in meaning attached to them. A one-way MANOVA showed non-significant differences between the two groups of students and attachment dimensions. Finnaly, Fisher’s exact test was conducted, and the post hoc comparison showed that there was a statistically significant difference in the proportion of students who had studied abroad and had a secure attachment style compared to students who had not studied abroad.

Relationship Between Childhood Emotional Abuse and Self-Esteem: A Dual Mediation Model of Attachment

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 793-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuqi Liu ◽  
Xiaodan Chen ◽  
Pingfang Song ◽  
Aitao Lu ◽  
Lu Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Childhood Emotional Abuse

We tested the hypothesis that childhood emotional abuse would be positively associated with fearful attachment, whereas it would be negatively associated with secure attachment and self-esteem, with attachment mediating the linkage between childhood emotional abuse and self-esteem. Chinese college students (N = 554) completed measures of childhood emotional abuse, secure/fearful attachment, and self-esteem. Dual mediation analysis based on 5,000 bootstrap samples showed that childhood emotional abuse affected self-esteem through both secure attachment and fearful attachment, with the indirect effect through secure attachment being stronger relative to that through fearful attachment. However, the direct effect of childhood emotional abuse on self-esteem was nonsignificant. The association patterns among childhood emotional abuse, secure/fearful attachment, and self-esteem show the need for more focus on developing children's secure attachment style to shape their positive self-esteem later in life.

scholarly journals Model of the Relationships between Supervising Working Alliance, Counseling Self-Esteem and Attachment Styles

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Ahmad Al- Shraifin
Keyword(s):  
Working Alliance ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Counseling Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Avoidant Attachment ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
The Relationship

The study aimed to explore the causal relationships between supervising working alliance, counseling self-esteem and attachment styles through a causal model adopting a path analysis method. The study sample consisted of 289 counseling students at Yarmouk University. Three scales were administered to measure the supervising working alliance, self-esteem and attachment styles.  Results showed a direct relationship between avoidant attachment styles and supervising working alliance, and an indirect relationship with counseling self-esteem. There was a direct relationship between secure attachment style, supervising working alliance and counseling self-esteem; and between supervising working alliance and counseling self-esteem.  In addition, direct and indirect relationships were evident between avoidant attachment style and special relationship domain of supervising working alliance and counseling self-esteem; whereas it affected client focus domain with a direct relationship. Direct relationships also were evident between secure attachment styles, the relationship domain and self-focus domain.  

Infidelity and Attachment Styles

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (11) ◽  
pp. 353-364
Author(s):  
Mr Jirushlan Dorasamy ◽  
J Dorasamy
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Style ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Binary Choice ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Sexual Infidelity ◽  
Emotional Infidelity ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Research Findings

Literature points to differing responses among women and men regarding sexual and emotional infidelity. Inview of limited research regarding gender responses to infidelity within the context of attachment styles, theresearch study investigated whether there were significant difference in the way women and men responded tosexual and emotional infidelity. It also sought to determine whether attachment styles affected genderdifferences.. The sample population consisted of 300staff employed at a university in South Africa, of which 81were male and 219 were female. The voluntary online monkey survey required respondents to provideinformation focusing on demographics, attachment styles and sexual orientation. Following this, sexual andemotional cases were presented for participants to rate each case. Participants then made a binary choice, ofwhich scenario upset them most.The findings showed that men found sexual infidelity most upsetting, whileemotional infidelity was found most upsetting for women. Further, results indicated that men found sexualinfidelity most upsetting within the fearful and secure attachment style, with scores much higher than women inthe categories of fearful and secure attachment style. On the other hand, women found emotional infidelity mostupsetting within the fearful and secure attachment style, with scores much higher than men in the categories offearful and secure attachment style. However, both men and women found sexual infidelity to be most upsettingwith the preoccupied and dismissive attachment style. The research findings showed that there were differencesin the responses of the male and female gender tosexual and emotional infidelity. This supports the theory ofevolutionary sex differences and provides an opportunity to augment further intense and rigorous debate onevolutionary approaches.In view of these findings, the study proposed greater empirical and theoretical studiesin the area of sexual and emotional infidelity within cultural contexts.

The Effectiveness of Group Spiritual Intervention on Self-esteem and Happiness Among Men Undergoing Methadone Maintenance Treatment

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Jalali ◽  
Mahvash K. Behrouzi ◽  
Nader Salari ◽  
Mohammad-Rafi Bazrafshan ◽  
Mahmoud Rahmati
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Methadone Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Male Clients ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Spiritual Intervention ◽  
And Control

Background: Drug dependence or substance use disorder not only affects a person’s life but also brings a lot of challenges for families and communities and imposes heavy burdens on them. There are various therapies in the domain of addiction whose main purposes are to reduce or to cut down substance abuse. Objective: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of group spiritual intervention on selfesteem and happiness among male clients undergoing methadone maintenance treatment. Methods: This study was an intervention study in which 60 clients affected with substance abuse and undergoing methadone maintenance treatment were recruited. The study samples were selected through convenience sampling method and then divided randomly into two groups of 30 individuals: intervention and control. The intervention group attended group spiritual interventions for 10 sessions. Self-esteem and happiness among the study participants were also measured through Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire before and after the intervention. Results: The results showed a significant difference between both intervention and control groups in terms of self-esteem and happiness (P < 0.05); so that the participants in the intervention group demonstrated a significant improvement in their self-esteem and happiness. Conclusion: It was concluded that group spiritual intervention as a useful method could be effective in enhancing self-esteem and happiness among addicted individuals undergoing methadone maintenance treatment. The given treatment could be also used as a complementary therapy beside methadone maintenance treatment to reduce the likelihood of people returning to substance abuse.

Are suicidal thoughts in adolescents dependent on substance abuse?

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S606-S607 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Wypiór ◽  
A. Sobieraj ◽  
A. Salomon-Perzyński ◽  
W. Dyrda ◽  
K. Krzyżowska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Drinking Alcohol ◽  
Suicidal Thoughts ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Screening Questionnaires ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Drunk Alcohol

Substance abuse is common issue in youth and may influence youth's suicide thoughts or actions. It can lead to social isolation, low self-esteem, loss of work or school, estrangement from family and friends – all these may create a core of stresses that may lead to suicidal tendencies.Analysis addictive factors correlating with occurrence of suicidal thoughts and behaviours among adolescents at the age of 18–20.Study was based on authorial, previously validated questionnaire, included 16 questions about suicidal thoughts. Questionnaires were filled by adolescents (age 18–20) of 21 Secondary Schools in Katowice.From the group of 965 adolescents, 28.8% had suicidal thoughts. From all respondents: 31.3% smoked, 92.7% drunk alcohol, 16.0% used legal hights and 30.9% – drugs; 35.8% of smoking adolescents had suicidal thoughts. In group of non-smoked adolescents – 25.6%. There was statistical significant difference (P = 0.0012) between these groups. Among adolescents who drunk alcohol, 28.8% had suicidal thoughts. In the group of non –drinking alcohol adolescents – 27.9%. There was no statistical significant differences (P = 0.88233) between these groups. There were 43.7% adolescents with suicidal thoughts who used legal hights. In the group of non-users of legal hights, 26.0% adolescents had suicidal thoughts.Adolescents that are using examined stimulants are in the group risk of suicidal thoughts and autodestructive behaviours. Results show the need of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic support that is aiming to prevent suicides and autodestructive behaviours in this group. Screening questionnaires that are assessing the problem of addiction within the adolescent may help to identity persons with suicidal tendencies.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals The Effect of Self-Differentiation Training on Attachment Styles and Self-Esteem in Married Women

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-202
Author(s):  
Razieh Behjati Najafabadi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Style ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Training Course ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Self Differentiation

Objective: The present study was done to determine the effect of self-differentiation training on attachment styles and self-esteem among married women in our center. Methods: This semi-empirical with pre-test and post-test was done on 30 subjects selected from married women in a training course during the spring 2017 using available sampling method who were divided into two experimental and control groups randomly. After training, the research questionnaires, including the Adult Attachment Scale by Hazan and Shaver and Rosenberg‘s Self-esteem Scale were completed by the examinees. The members of the experimental group participated in a training course for 8 sessions (100 min) but no training was done for the control group. The research data were analyzed using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) via SPSS v. 22. Results: The results of ANCOVA indicated that self-differentiation training had a significant effect on secure attachment style, anxious-ambivalent attachment style, and self-esteem (P<0.05), whereas it had no significant impact on avoidance attachment style (P>0.05). Conclusion: The self-differentiation training intervention may lead to a rise in the secure attachment style and self-esteem and a reduction in anxious-ambivalent attachment style in married women in our center.

Self-Esteem Moderates the Relationship Between Secure Attachment and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Preadolescence

2022 ◽  
pp. 003329412110616
Author(s):  
Taylor J. Irvine ◽  
Christopher D. Aults ◽  
Meenakshi Menon
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Style ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing Problems ◽  
Peer Nomination ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing

This longitudinal study examined the interactive effects of secure attachment and self-esteem on change in internalizing and externalizing problems in a sample of preadolescents. 407 youth ( Mage = 11.1 years) completed measures of self-esteem, secure attachment style, and peer nomination inventories tapping internalizing and externalizing problems at the beginning of the fourth and fifth grades. Results suggest that internalizing and externalizing problems may be reduced for securely attached youth with high self-esteem. Implications for future research are examined, along with a discussion on clinical applications of studies involving interaction effects.

scholarly journals Effect of Loneliness on Self Esteem of High School Boys and Girls

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Ashwini
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Gender Difference ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Age Range

The present study attempts to examine the effect of loneliness on self esteem of high school boys and girls, and to see if there is any gender difference existing in the  feeling of loneliness  and level of self esteem among high school boys and girls. The sample for the study comprised of 120 high school students, out of which 60 were boys and 60 were girls between the age range of 11 to 14 years. Test materials used to assess loneliness and self esteem among high school boys and girls are Daniel W.Russell’s UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3)  and Self Esteem Inventory, the school short form developed by Coopersmith, 1967. Obtained data is analyzed by using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and T-test. Results revealed that that there is a significant relationship between feeling of loneliness and level of self esteem among high school boys. Where as for the high school girls there is found to be no significant relationship between feeling of loneliness and level of self esteem. With respect to finding the gender difference in feeling of loneliness it is seen that there is no significant difference among high school boys and girls. Similarly the findings for gender difference in the level of self esteem it is seen that there is no significant difference among high school boys and girls.

scholarly journals Attachment Styles and Self-Esteem among Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
Sanober Jamil ◽  
Dr. Hina Ayaz Habib ◽  
Laila Lodhia
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Style ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
P Value ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Moment Coefficient ◽  
The Relationship

The current research aims to find the relationship between secure attachment style and self-esteem among latency adolescence. The assumptions developed for the study stated that a) secure attachment style would be positively correlated with self-esteem among Adolescents.  b) Insecure attachment style (anxious and avoidant) would be negatively correlated with self-esteem among adolescents. The sample of the study comprised of 180 adolescents including 90 male and 90 female adolescents with age ranges between 12 to 16 years (M=13.27, SD=1.13) were selected through purposive sampling technique from private schools based in Karachi, Pakistan. After taking approval from the authorities, the participant's assent to participate in the research was taken and a demographic form was administered. To measure the effect of attachment on self-esteem, the Attachment Style Classification Questionnaire (Finzi et al., 1996) and the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) were used. Descriptive statistics and Pearson product-moment coefficient of correlation were applied to study the correlation among the study variables. The finding shows a noteworthy relationship between secure attachment styles and self-esteem was found with an r-value of .118 and a P value of .116.

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