Research Article

Examining university students' attitudes towards attachment styles

Volume: 1 Number: 2 December 19, 2020
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Examining university students' attitudes towards attachment styles

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate university students' attitudes towards attachment styles according to demographic characteristics. The universe of the study is 800 students studying at the Department of Psychology at Istanbul Aydın University. The sample of the study was 279 university students determined by convenience sampling method and a questionnaire was applied to this sample. Socio-demographic information form and the Experiences in Close Relationship Inventory, adapted to Turkish by Sümer and Güngör (1999) developed by Brennan, Clark and Shaver (1998), were applied to the participants. The Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory has 2 sub-dimensions as Anxious and Avoidant and 36 items. In the analysis of the data; Kruskal Wallis H, Mann Whitney-U analyzes were used. High scores indicate the presence of a high level of attachment style. According to the findings of the study, among the gender variable of university students; There is a significant difference between the age variable and the level of avoidance and anxiety; It was determined that there was no significant difference between parents living together and class variables and anxiety and avoidance levels.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Psychology

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 19, 2020

Submission Date

May 24, 2020

Acceptance Date

July 14, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 1 Number: 2

APA
Yıldız, E. R., & Gönenli, S. (2020). Examining university students’ attitudes towards attachment styles. Psychology Research on Education and Social Sciences, 1(2), 75-82. https://izlik.org/JA36SU78XN
AMA
1.Yıldız ER, Gönenli S. Examining university students’ attitudes towards attachment styles. PRESS. 2020;1(2):75-82. https://izlik.org/JA36SU78XN
Chicago
Yıldız, Elif Rojan, and Sinem Gönenli. 2020. “Examining University Students’ Attitudes towards Attachment Styles”. Psychology Research on Education and Social Sciences 1 (2): 75-82. https://izlik.org/JA36SU78XN.
EndNote
Yıldız ER, Gönenli S (December 1, 2020) Examining university students’ attitudes towards attachment styles. Psychology Research on Education and Social Sciences 1 2 75–82.
IEEE
[1]E. R. Yıldız and S. Gönenli, “Examining university students’ attitudes towards attachment styles”, PRESS, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 75–82, Dec. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA36SU78XN
ISNAD
Yıldız, Elif Rojan - Gönenli, Sinem. “Examining University Students’ Attitudes towards Attachment Styles”. Psychology Research on Education and Social Sciences 1/2 (December 1, 2020): 75-82. https://izlik.org/JA36SU78XN.
JAMA
1.Yıldız ER, Gönenli S. Examining university students’ attitudes towards attachment styles. PRESS. 2020;1:75–82.
MLA
Yıldız, Elif Rojan, and Sinem Gönenli. “Examining University Students’ Attitudes towards Attachment Styles”. Psychology Research on Education and Social Sciences, vol. 1, no. 2, Dec. 2020, pp. 75-82, https://izlik.org/JA36SU78XN.
Vancouver
1.Elif Rojan Yıldız, Sinem Gönenli. Examining university students’ attitudes towards attachment styles. PRESS [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 1;1(2):75-82. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA36SU78XN

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