Investigating the Relationship between the Attachment Types of Parents & Friends and Problem Solving in Romantic Relationships in Adolescences
Year: 2016
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Inthis study, investigation of the relationships between adolescences who areemotionally tied up to their parents, friends and problem solving in romanticrelationships are aimed at. Variables such as age, gender, the number ofsiblings, whose children they are, mother’s and father’s education level andthe socio-demographic level of family are dealt with. The search was completedwith a total of 444 participants including 282 girls and 162 boys at GaziUniversity and the faculty members from faculty of vocational education,faculty of economics and administrative sciences, faculty of law and faculty ofeducation have accepted to join in the research. Personal information form, theshort form of inventory of parent and peer attachment, relationship scales questionnaireand the scale of problem solving in adolescences were applied in the presentresearch. Findings showed that there was a low level positive relation betweenthe types of parents, friends’ attachment and problem solving in romanticrelationships. It can be stated that there was a relationship between thevariables of age, gender, mother’s and father’s education level, the incomelevel of family and the types of parents, friends’ attachment and problemsolving in romantic relationships. The variables of children were onlycorrelated with parent’s attachment. There was no relationship between thenumber of siblings and the types of parents, friends’ attachment and problemsolving in romantic relationships.
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4299813618