El Adult attachment and the perceived quality of relationships: evidence from a young adult population
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https://doi.org/10.22199/S07187475.2016.0003.00005Keywords:
Anxious-avoidant attachment, Anxious-ambivalent attachment, Relationships, Perceived qualityAbstract
INTRODUCTION: Many studies highlight the importance of relationships during people’s psychological development as well as their physical and emotional health. These studies also show that the types of attachment have a predictable capacity regarding the perceived quality in relationships. However, few have been said about the topic in young adult population. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the correlation between attachment styles and different components of relationships in young adult population. METHOD: The sample was composed of 119 Dominican university students whose ages ranged between 18 and 26 (M = 20.03; DT = 1.95). RESULTS: There is a different correlational pattern for type of attachment. Anxious-Ambivalent Attachment did not correlate with most components of perceived quality; whereas Anxious-Avoidant Attachment correlated negatively and high in the scales of satisfaction, commitment, intimacy, love, and general quality. Additionally, men registered meaningfully higher means of Anxious-Avoidant Attachment. CONCLUSIONS: These findings illustrate the importance of the styles of attachment, specially the Anxious-Avoidant Attachment regarding the quality of relationships in young adults.
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