Adult romantic attachment, personality and psychological adaptation of students

Josipović, Anđela. (2018). Adult romantic attachment, personality and psychological adaptation of students. Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of Psychology. [mentor Erceg, Inja].

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the differences between students of secure, preoccupied, fearful and dismissing attachment in four aspects of psychological adaptation (depressive symptoms, loneliness, perceived parental social support, perceived peer social support) and to examine whether gender, age, personality traits and attachment dimensions (anxiety and avoidance) are significant predictors of four tested aspects of psychological adaptation. The participants were 756 students (71.4% women; 28.6% men), aged from 18 to 41 years (M=22.02; SD=0.08). The following measures were used in the study: The Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory, Mini IPIP, Depression Scale, UCLA - University of California Los Angeles loneliness scale and perception of parental and peer social support were measured with one item for each. Results showed that students with different adult attachment styles statistically differed in four tested aspects of psychological adaptation. Securely attached students reported less depressive symptoms and perceived higher peer social support than insecurely attached students. Securely and dismissing attached students were less lonely than preoccupied and fearfully attached students. Securely attached students perceived higher parental social support than preoccupied and fearfully attached students. Gender, neuroticism, extraversion and two attachment dimensions were significant predictors of depressive symptoms. Age, neuroticism, extraversion and two attachment dimensions were significant predictors of loneliness. Neuroticism was the only predictor of perceived parental social support, whereas extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness and anxiety were significant predictors of perceived peer social support.

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