Relationship among attachment styles and coping strategies with stress by marital adjustment

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 MA. in clinical psychology, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran

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

Abstract

Introduction: This study aimed to prediction of marital adjustment based on attachment styles and coping strategies
with stress in housewives.
 
Materials and Methods: This research conducted through descriptive and correlational method. Therefore, 300 housewives who were member of Dar Al-Quran of Qom province were studied by convenient sampling method. Data analyzed by correlational coefficient and regression. 
 
Results: Results showed the positive and significant relationship between security attachment style and marital adjustment (0.536). No significant relationship has seen between avoidant attachment style and marital adjustment, and there is a significant and negative relationship between ambivalent attachment style and marital adjustment (-0.162).
 
Conclusion: It seems that secure attachment style can predict marital adjustment. In addition, there is a negative and significant relationship between ambivalent attachment style and marital adjustment otherwise avoidant attachment and coping strategies don’t have a significant relationship with marital adjustment.

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Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 19, special issue
May and June 2017
Pages 251-255

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