The effect of attachment styles and family functioning on forgiveness in secondary schools’ students

Subject Areas : Educational

Mohammad Bardel ^{1 *} , Rahim Badri gargari ²

1 - Assistant Professor of Department of psychology and counselling, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Educational Science and Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2020-01-10 Accepted : 2020-06-28 Published : 2025-06-10

Keywords: Forgiveness, Attachment Styles, Family Functioning, Adolescents, Emotional Development, Secure Attachment.,

Abstract :

This study was conducted with the aim of examining the relationship between attachment styles and family functioning with forgiveness in secondary school students. In this descriptive- correlational study, a total of 354 undergraduate students from 4029 students of Secondary Schools in Khoy were selected using multistage cluster sampling; they participated in the study on the basis of their completion of Attachment Style Questionnaire (Hazan & Shaver,1987), Family Functioning Scale (Miller et al.,2000) and Forgiveness Scale (Thompson et al., 2005). The data collected from the sample were put into SPSS20 and were analyzed using statistical methods, correlation and multiple regression. Results revealed that Safe Attachment Styles and Family functioning positively correlated with Forgiveness (P≤0.001). Also, safe attachment styles and family functioning predicted the changes related to the forgiveness positively and significantly. The findings indicated that safe attachment styles and family functioning have more important roles on the forgiveness of the students.

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