The Effect of Attachment Styles in the Speed of Information Processing in Student

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of attachment styles in the speed of information processing. This study was a comparative type. From Najaf Abad high school students, 300 people by multi-stage cluster method were selected and completed attachment styles scale (Collins and Read, 1990). In the next step, based on entry criteria and extreme scores of attachment style questionnaire’s distribution three groups of 15 subjects (anxious ambivalent, avoidant and secure) were selected and evaluated via Speed-of-processing tests Zahlen-Verbindungs-Test and Coding Test (KDT). The end results analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance and post hoc tests. The results of multivariate analysis of variance and post hoc tests showed that information processing time of students have anxiety/avoidance attachment style is more than students with avoidant and secure attachment style. Also, the performance of students with secure attachment styles is better than students with attachment anxiety/avoidance and ambivalent. Based on the findings of this study, it can be said that attachment styles have pivotal role in cognitive processes.