Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
Psychology
Date of Award
5-2006
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Christopher S. Dula
Committee Members
Blake Snider, Wallace E. Dixon Jr.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine reasons for living in people with secure, avoidant, and anxious/ambivalent romantic attachment styles. Romantic attachment style was assessed by use of the Adult Attachment Questionnaire (AAQ). Reasons for living were assessed using the Reasons for Living Inventory (RFL). The independent variables were gender and romantic attachment style. The dependent variable was the RFL score.
Participants included 235 male and female students from a southeastern university. A brief demographic questionnaire, the RFL (Linehan,M., Goodstein, J., Neilson, S., & Chiles J., 1983), and the AAQ (Hazan & Shaver, 1987), were administered in electronic format on-line.
A 3 (attachment style) X 2 (gender) Analysis of Variance with unequal cell sizes was used to test for main and interaction effects. The significance level was set at .05. Implications of findings and suggestions for future research were discussed.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Cruz, Niles Adrian, "Romantic Attachment Styles, Gender, and Reasons for Living." (2006). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2175. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2175
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.