Studying the Relations between Attachment Styles to God Patience, Self-esteem among Undergraduate College Students

Patience is one of the self-regulatory methods that lead to psychological balance. Self-regulation refers to the power to use strategies that, in contrast to internal stimuli or environmental stimuli or extreme pleasures, prevent a person from balance. The main objective of the current study was to study the relationship between the styles of attachment to God, patience, self-esteem in undergraduate students of the University of Tehran.

This is a post-vent study. The statistical population of the study included all undergraduate male and female students of the University of Tehran out of whom 169 (84 males, and 85 females) were selected using cluster sampling method from departments of Human Sciences, Technology and Engineering, Basic Sciences and Arts. Cooper-Smith’s questionnaire of self-esteem, Rowatt and Kirkpatriok’s Relation with God Inventory, and Ghobari-Bonab’s Reaction to Daily Events and Occurrences Questionnaire were used in the present study. One-way multivariate analysis of variance (Manova), t-test, and multiple regression analysis were used for data analysis. In this study, all the ethical considerations have been observed and no conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

The results of data analysis showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between secure attachment to God and patience. In addition, secure attachment to God was a significant predictor of self-esteem in the students. Female students had a higher level of patience than males. In addition, students in Human Sciences obtained higher scores in secure attachment compared to the students of other fields of study.

God does not leave people alone in the midst of adversity, and He is always with them, and this strengthens their relationship with God and enhances the secure attachment between people and God.