Thesis:

Investigating the relationship between attachment styles and resilience on the personality formation of adolescents aged ۱۵ to ۲۰ in Esfarayen city

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between attachment styles and resilience on the personality formation of adolescents aged 15 to 20 in Esfarayen city. The present study is a correlational study in terms of its fundamental purpose and method, which is one of the descriptive (non-experimental) research methods. In the correlation design, only the relationship between the variables under study is determined. The statistical population used in this study is adolescents aged 15 to 20 in Esfarayen city, and their number is 6850 people. In this study, the cluster sampling method will be used and the sample size is 364 people based on the Krejci and Morgan table. The tools used were: Eysenck Personality Traits Questionnaire (1975), Connor and Davidson Resilience Questionnaire (2003), and Mallinckrodt Attachment Styles Questionnaire (1991). SPSS-24 software was used to analyze the data, using descriptive and inferential statistical methods. First, descriptive statistics parameters including frequency tables and charts, mean, standard deviation were used to analyze the demographic characteristics of the sample, and in the inferential statistics section, correlation coefficient and multiple regression tests were used to test the research hypotheses. The results obtained from the analysis of statistical data in this study showed that resilience is the most important and stable predictor of personality traits in all three models; its role in increasing extraversion and reducing neuroticism and psychosis is clear. Anxious attachment style has a significant negative effect on mental health, especially in increasing neuroticism. Secure attachment style has a significant effect only in predicting extraversion. The model predicting psychosis has the least explanatory power, indicating that this variable is also affected by other factors.

Keywords: Attachment styles, resilience, personality, adolescents