The Relationship of Attachment Styles and Social Adjustment

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Background and Aim: Current study perform to examine the relation between attachment styles and social adjustment.
Material and method: the method of this study was descriptive in kind of correlation .the method of sampling was multiple cluster sampling including 150 Bu-Ali Sina University students. Attachment styles was evaluated by Adult Attachment Scale (AAS) and social adjustment evaluated by Bell social adjustment inventory .data was analyzed with descriptive statistics (frequency, frequency percentage, mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics(regression analysis, t test , ANOVA ).
Result and Conclusion: findings indicated that there is significant relation between attachment styles and social adjustment , no significant relation between gender and attachment styles, significant relation between gender and social adjustment, significant and positive relation between secure attachment style and adjustment, significant and negative relation between unsecure attachment style adjustment as well as. secure attachment style is able to prediction adjustment . 

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