A comparison between attachment styles and love styles in couples raised in divorce and normal families

Attachment and love are the styles that have primary relationships in the family environment and are regarded as stable and multi-generational factors.

The purpose of this study was to determine the comparison between attachment styles and love styles in couples raised in divorce and normal families.

The method of study was causal-comparative. From all couples who were living in Divandareh city, two groups of 50 Couples raised in a divorce family (25 females and 25 males) and 50 Couple raised in a normal family (25 females and 25 males) were selected through available sampling method. The Collins & Reid's (1990) attachment Styles and the Hendrick & Hendrik (1969) love styles Scale were used as tools of investigation. multivariate analysis of variance and Pearson correlation coefficient tests were used for analyzing data.

The results showed that there are significant differences between attachment Styles and love style mean scores in couples raised in divorced and normal families. Generally, mean scores of Safe, avoidant attachment styles and showy, erotic love styles were higher in the couples raised in divorced families than the couples raised in normal families. While, couples raised in normal families gain-ed significantly higher scores in anxious attachment style, romantic, friendly and sacrificial love Styles in comparison to the couples raised in divorced families.

Attachment and love styles play an important role in the family stability and sustainability of this social institution, and this needs to be addressed in prenatal and divorce counseling centers.