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

Authors: Hatice Odacı; Özkan Çıkrıkçı; Neslihan Çıkrıkçı; Fatih Aydın

Addresses: Department of Educational Sciences, Fatih Faculty of Education, Trabzon University, Trabzon, Turkey ' Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey ' Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Ahi Evran University, Kırşehir, Turkey ' Department of Educational Sciences, Fatih Faculty of Education, Trabzon University, Trabzon, Turkey

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.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHD.2019.103401

International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2019 Vol.5 No.3, pp.242 - 256

Received: 18 Jan 2019
Accepted: 01 Jun 2019
Published online: 05 Nov 2019 *

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