Predicting the expectation of marriage based on attachment styles and personality traits in Tehran University student girls

Subject Areas : فصلنامه تحقیقات روانشناختی

Rahman  Aramideh ¹ (---)

Received: 2023-05-29 Accepted : 2023-05-29 Published : 2020-01-21

Keywords: attachment styles, Personality traits, expectations of marriage,

Abstract :

The importance of marriage and expectations from it in shaping people's lives and quality of relationships is undeniable. Expectation from marriage is influenced by many factors such as internal processes and personality traits of each person as well as environmental factors and social context. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to predict the expectation of marriage based on personality traits and attachment styles in unmarried female undergraduate students of Tehran University who are studying in the second semester of the academic year 2016-2017. In this research, which was of correlation type, 200 people are considered from the population of 240 people by multi-stage random sampling method based on regression logic (Delaware, 2015) and considering the possibility of drop, 20% will be added to this number. And the sample size was 240 people. The participants responded to McCree and Costa (1985), Hazen and Shaver (1987) attachment styles, and Jones and Nelson (1996) expectations of marriage. The results obtained using regression and Pearson's correlation coefficient showed that attachment styles can predict 43.7% of realistic expectation, 16.7% of idealistic expectation and 10% of pessimistic expectation of marriage. Also, personality traits can predict 4.5% of realistic expectation, 5.8% of idealistic expectation and 5.6% of pessimistic expectation towards marriage. Therefore, personality traits and attachment styles are effective components related to expectations of marriage.