Attachment Styles, Resilience and Mindfulness among Young Adults

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find the relationship between attachment styles, mindfulness and resilience among young adults and to understand if there was a significant difference in Resilience and Mindfulness with respect to the Attachment styles (secure, ambivalent-insecure and avoidant-insecure) among young adults. A total number of 250 young adults (18-30 years) participated in the study. The data was collected with the help of Google forms and the following questionnaires were used: Measurement of Attachment Style (MOAS), Bharathiar University Resilience Scale (BURS) and The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS). A comprehensive statistical analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and One-Way ANOVA. According to the findings of the study, there was a positive significant relationship between secure attachment style and resilience and between mindfulness and secure attachment style. A negative significant relationship was found between ambivalent-insecure attachment style and resilience and between mindfulness and ambivalent-insecure attachment style. In addition, avoidant-insecure attachment style did not have a statistically significant relationship with resilience and mindfulness. The results also revealed a positive significant relationship between resilience and mindfulness among young adults. Lastly, there was a significant difference in Resilience with respect to attachment styles among young adults and resilience was higher in secure attachment style in comparison to the other attachment styles. The results however showed that there was no significant difference in Mindfulness with respect to attachment styles among young adults.