Attachment Patterns and Their Relationship to Self-Assertion Among Secondary School Students

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the nature of attachment patterns and their relationship to self-assertion among secondary school students at Tla al-Ali Secondary School for Girls. The sample which was selected in a random cluster method consisted of (250) female student at Tla al-Ali Secondary School in Amman. The researcher used the Pearson correlation coefficient and the regression equation to verify the study hypotheses.  The study showed the following results: a) there is a correlation relationship with a negative statistical significance at the level of significance (0.01) between the total degree of attachment patterns and the degree of self-assertion among secondary school students. b) the is a correlative relationship of positive statistical significance at the level of significance (0.01) between the pattern of secure attachment and the degree of self-assertion among secondary school students. c) there is a correlation of negative statistical significance at the level of significance (0.01) between the pattern of fearful avoidance attachment and the degree of self-assertion among secondary school students. d) there is a correlation of negative statistical significance at the level of significance (0.01) between the preoccupied attachment pattern and the degree of self-assertion among secondary school students. e) There is a correlation relationship with a negative statistical significance at the level of significance (0.01) between the dismissive-avoidant attachment pattern and the degree of self-assertion among secondary school students. Some attachment patterns, and not others, indicate self-assertion among secondary school students.

Keywords: attachment patterns - self-assertion- secondary school students.

DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/10-12-03

Publication date:June 30th 2020