Attachment Style in Relation to Family Functioning and Distress in College Students

January - July 2007, Vol. 33,

Page No.15-21 Aruna R. M. Kapanee and Kiran Rao National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore

View

Page No.15-21

Aruna R. M. Kapanee and Kiran Rao
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore

.

The study focuses on attachment style in relation to family functioning and distress
in college students. The sample comprised of 327 male and female undergraduate
college students. The tools included Adult Attachment Style Interview Schedule
(AASIS), Family Functioning Scale (FFS) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ).
The results indicate that the securely attached report lower distress and perceive
their families as higher on the adaptive dimensions of family functioning.

.

.

← Back to Home Journal