Attachment Style and its relationship to quality of life among middle school students in some demographic variables

Document Type : Original research article

Authors

1 Master’s researcher - Department of Psychology - Girls College of Arts, Science and Education

2 Assistant professor of psychology - Girls' College - Ain Shams University

3 Teacher of educational psychology - Girls' College - Ain Shams University

Abstract

The study aims to study attachment patterns and their relationship to the quality of life among middle school students in light of some demographic variables: gender (males - females), school stage (first year of middle school - third year of middle school), and their ages range between (12-15) years.
The study sample included 200 middle school students (95 boys, 105 girls) and the researcher used tools (a measure of attachment styles among middle school students, a measure of the quality of life among middle school students).
The study results: There is a statistically significant correlation between the sample members’ scores on the attachment styles scale and their scores on the quality of life scale, There are statistically significant differences between the average scores of the sample members according to gender (males - females) in attachment styles in favor of females, There are statistically significant differences between the averages of individuals’ grades according to gender (males - females) in quality of life in favor of females, There are statistically significant differences between the average scores of the sample members according to age (first middle school - third middle school) in attachment styles in favor of third middle school students, There are statistically significant differences between the averages of individual grades according to age (first middle school - third middle school) in quality of life for the benefit of third middle school students.

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