The Relationship Of Secure Attachment Style, Optimism and Social Support with Life Satisfaction in Female Students of Shahid Chamran University

Subject Areas : Sport Management

اکرم Nazari Chegani ¹ , ناصر Behrozi ² , مهناز Mehrabizade Honarmand ³ , اسماعیل Hashmi Shikh Shabani ⁴

1 - Department of Psychology Shahid Chamran University Ahwaz Iran.
2 - Department of Psychology Shahid Chamran University Ahwaz Iran
3 - Department of Psychology Shahid Chamran University Ahwaz Iran
4 - Department of Psychology Shahid Chamran University Ahwaz Iran

Received: 2012-09-08 Accepted : 2012-12-19 Published : 2013-03-21

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The aim of this research was to examine the relationship between secure attachment style, optilmism and social support with life satisfaction in female undergraduate students of Shahid ChamranUniversity. The sample included 300 individuals that were selected through multistage randomsampling among all female undergraduate students of Shahid Chamran University. Simpson Adullat Attachment Inventory (AAI), Life Orientation Test-Reviseved (LOT-R; Scheier, Carver andBridge), Phlips Social Support Inventory (PSSI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Satisfacltion with Life Scale (SWLS; Ryff, Lee, Essex and Schmutte) were used for data collecting. Theresearch was designed as correlation type. Results of data analysis by using Pearson correlationcoefficient and multivariable regression showed that there was significant positive relation betweensecure attachment style, optimism and social support with life satisfaction. Finally, the results alsoindicated that optimism, social support, avoidant insecure attachment and secure attachment, relspectively, were the best predictors of life satisfaction.