Investigating the Relationship between Attachment Styles and Coping Strategies with Students' Life Quality of Jondishapour Medical University of Ahvaz

The current research was done with the aim of investigating the relationship between Attachment Styles and coping strategies with life quality. The statistical population of the current research is all of the students of Jondishapour Medical University of Ahvaz in academic year of 2014-15. A sample with size of 200 was selected using multistage cluster sampling method. The research is correlational descriptive. The instruments of collecting data were: Adults Attachment Scale (RASS), the Coping with Stressful Events Scale-Short Form (CLSS-21), World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF), and a series of demographic questions. The data were analyzed using SPSS-18 and the statistical tests of Pearson correlation, multivariate regression analysis (ENTER). The results showed that 55% of variance of students' life quality can be explained in terms of their attachment style and coping style and it observed that there is a positive correlation between secure attachment style and problem-oriented coping style with life quality in students and there are negative correlations among other attachment styles (avoidance and ambivalent) and coping styles (emotion-oriented and avoidant-oriented) with life quality of students.

attachment styles, coping strategies, life quality