Attachment Styles Predicting Academic Motivation Among University Students

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of attachment styles on academic motivation among university students. To achieve this aim, the researcher used the Arabic version of academic motivation scale developed by Vallerand et al. (1989) and the scale for adult attachment styles developed by Abu-Ghazal and Jaradat (2009) applied on a sample of 152 students, selected randomly. The researcher used the multiple regression coefficient with winsteps method to conclude the finding. The findings of the study showed that the anxious-ambivalent attachment proved to be not predictor of academic motivation, the avoidant attachment related positively to academic motivation and also, the secure attachment related positively to academic motivation. Avoidant attachment proved to be the most predictor of academic motivation among university students