Perceived Childhood Attachment Patterns and Personality Characteristics in Cell phone dependency

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Mehdi Keyvankar ¹ , Majid Pakdaman ² , fatemeh Shahabizadeh ³

1 - MA in Educational Psycholoy
2 - PhD Islamic Azad University Ghaenat Branc
3 - PhD Islamic Azad University Birjand Branch

Received: 2015-06-01 Accepted : 2015-06-01 Published : 2013-06-22

Keywords: attachment to parents, personal characteristics, cell phone dependency,

Abstract :

this study examined the relation of perceived childhood attachment and personality characteristics with cell phone dependency in high school students. Three hundred and thirty students (205 girls, 125 boys) were selected by multistage cluster sampling method from third and fourth junior high schools of Birjand city and answered Childhood Attachment to Each Parent Scale (Hazan & Shaver, 1986), Cell Phone Dependency Questionnaire (Jafarzade, 2010) and NEO-Personality Characteristics Inventory-Short form (Costa & McCrae, 1992). Path analysis method was used for data analysis. Findings Showed significant relationship between secure attachment styles to parents and personality characteristics (except extroversion and openness) with cell phone dependency in high school students. Furthermore, one's maternal insecure attachment style and neuroticism were predictive of students' vulnerability to cell phone dependency