Predicting Marital Boredom of Couples Based on Attachment Styles among Married Students

Nasrin HeydariMollai, Mona MovahediShakib, Reza Saeedi AbuIshaqi, Morad Rostami

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The aim of this study was to predict marital boredom of couples based on attachment styles (safe, avoidance and anxiety). The present study was a descriptive correlational study and the statistical population of this study included all married students of Islamic Azad University of Mashhad in the winter of 1398 who were selected by multi-stage sampling method of 200 people and entered the study with informed consent. To collect the data, participants responded to the Kaiser (1996) Marital Boredom Scale, the Collins and Reed (1990) Adult Attachment Styles Scale. Data were analyzed using hierarchical regression analysis. The results of the present study showed that attachment styles positively and significantly predict the marital boredom of couples. Among the attachment styles, avoidant attachment style and anxiety attachment style in a positive and meaningful way and secure attachment style in a negative and meaningful way predict the marital boredom of couples.

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