Assessment of the relationship of attachment styles and emotional intelligence with love among couples

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 MA. in counseling, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran

2 Assistant professor, Department of educational sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant professor, Department of psychology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: One of the most important elements in the strength of marital relationship is to remember love permanently. The present study is mainly aimed to determine the relationship of emotional intelligence and attachment styles with Sternberg’s dimensions of love.
 
Materials and Methods: The statistical population consisted of couples referring to Binesh-e-Novin Counseling Center in order to participate in educational workshops among which 50 couples were selected using available sampling method. In order to collect data, Shoot’s emotional intelligence questionnaire, Hazen and Shaver’s attachment styles inventory, and Sternberg’s love triangle scale were used.
 
Results: The results indicated that there is a positive correlation between the factor of optimism/emotional regulation and intimacy, emotion and commitment, while there is no positive correlation between the factor attachment styles and dimensions of love. There is a negative relationship between age and the level of commitment and also between duration of marriage and emotion and commitment.
 
Conclusion: In general, the results of the study indicated that emotional intelligence is highly correlated with dimensions of love, so that the attachment styles cannot predict the aspects of love.
 

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Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 19, special issue
May and June 2017
Pages 199-204

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