An exploration of the associations among cognitive flexibility, attachment styles and life satisfaction

Hatice Odacı, Özkan Çıkrıkçı, Neslihan Çıkrıkçı and Fatih Aydın

International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2019, vol. 5, issue 3, 242-256

Abstract: This research aimed to investigate the correlation between life satisfaction of university students in the young adult period with cognitive flexibility and attachment styles. The research group comprised 633 university students. The results of data analysis found a positive significant correlation between life satisfaction of students and cognitive flexibility (r= .25, p < .01; 95% CI [0.17, 0.33]) and secure attachment style (r = .17, p < .01; 95% CI [0.08, 0.25]), while there was a negative significant correlation between life satisfaction and the dismissive attachment style (r = −.12, p< .01; 95% CI [−0.21, −0.04]). Among the results obtained in the study, the dependent variable of life satisfaction did not differ according to the sex (t₍₆₂₈₎ = 1.49, p > .05) and grade variables (F_{(5, 617)} = 1.54, p > 0.05).

Keywords: life satisfaction; cognitive flexibility; attachment styles; secure attachment styles; preoccupied attachment styles; fearful attachment styles; dismissive attachment styles; correlational design; positive psychology. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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