Investigating the Relationship between Attachment Styles and Degree of Marriage Instability among the Married Females and Males
Subject Areas : Woman and family
Keywords: attachment styles, Marriage instability, Married female and males.,
Abstract :
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between attachment styles and degree of marriage instability among the married females and males.The study was a survey research and the statistical population included all the married staff of Shahid Beheshti University. The sample group included 150) 87 male , 63 female) that were selected by available sampling method. The assessment instruments were “Hazan and Shaver Adult Attachment Style” questionnaire (1987) and Index of Marriage Instability of Edwards et al(1987).The data were analyzed by using the one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and the post-hoc Scheffe test. the result of analysis of variance revealed that There was a significant difference between the styles of attachment and degree of marriage instability. The result of post experimental analysis of Scheffe indicated that there was a significant difference in the mean of marriage instability between secure attachment style and anxious attachment style (P<0.05). In this study there was not a significant difference in the mean of marriage instability between avoidant attachment style and mutual anxious attachment style as well as secure attachment style and avoidance attachment style. Regarding the results of this study‚ we can not point that those who have a secure attachment style rather than those who have an avoidance attachment style experience more stability in their marriage. This result may help in predicting and solving marriage issues.
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