Relationship between attachment style, love style and attachment behaviour in intimate relationships of university students
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description: Over the years, researchers have expressed great concerns on love and attachment behaviour in intimate relationships, particularly because relationship difficulties have been found to account for a large part of subjective well-being, failed marriages and escalated rate of divorces as well as being regarded as a main contributor to depression, drug addiction and suicide. Yet, little attention has been given to factors concerning people's attachment styles which could influence love style and attachment behaviour in intimate relationships. These connections have implications for developing better couple understanding, promoting and maintaining satisfying intimate relationships, which in turn can assist in decreasing the rate of divorces, also in South Africa. This may be applicable later in life as high proportions of students seem to find their partners at universities. This study therefore investigated the extent to which attachment styles could influence love styles and attachment behaviour in intimate relationships of university students. The study is anchored in a cross-sectional correlation research design. By means of a simple randomisation sampling technique, a total of three hundred and seventeen (n=317, 160 females, 157 males) university students between 18 and 40 years of age were randomly selected. The battery used to collect data in this study included the following instruments: Experience in Close Relationships -Revised (ECR-R), which was used to measure attachment style; Sternberg's Triangular Love Scale (STLS), which was used to assess the love style; and Brief Accessibility, Responsiveness, and Engagement (BARE) scale, which was used to assess attachment behaviour. Three hypotheses were tested using Pearson product moment correlation statistics, and independent T test. Results using Pearson product moment Correlation statistics are suggestive of a positive relationship among love styles (passion, intimacy and commitment) and attachment behaviour (acc…
abstract: Over the years, researchers have expressed great concerns on love and attachment behaviour in intimate relationships, particularly because relationship difficulties have been found to account for a large part of subjective well-being, failed marriages and escalated rate of divorces as well as being regarded as a main contributor to depression, drug addiction and suicide. Yet, little attention has been given to factors concerning people's attachment styles which could influence love style and attachment behaviour in intimate relationships. These connections have implications for developing better couple understanding, promoting and maintaining satisfying intimate relationships, which in turn can assist in decreasing the rate of divorces, also in South Africa. This may be applicable later in life as high proportions of students seem to find their partners at universities. This study therefore investigated the extent to which attachment styles could influence love styles and attachment behaviour in intimate relationships of university students. The study is anchored in a cross-sectional correlation research design. By means of a simple randomisation sampling technique, a total of three hundred and seventeen (n=317, 160 females, 157 males) university students between 18 and 40 years of age were randomly selected. The battery used to collect data in this study included the following instruments: Experience in Close Relationships -Revised (ECR-R), which was used to measure attachment style; Sternberg's Triangular Love Scale (STLS), which was used to assess the love style; and Brief Accessibility, Responsiveness, and Engagement (BARE) scale, which was used to assess attachment behaviour. Three hypotheses were tested using Pearson product moment correlation statistics, and independent T test. Results using Pearson product moment Correlation statistics are suggestive of a positive relationship among love styles (passion, intimacy and commitment) and attachment behaviour (acc…
author: Tyolo, Thandiswa Patricia
language: en
keywords: Attachment styles, Love styles, Attachment behaviour, Intimate relationship, University students, South-Africa
date published: 2020
date modified: 2026-07-24T03:33:45Z
provider: North-West University (South Africa)
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: North-West University (South Africa)

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