THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MARITAL COMMITMENT AND MOTHERS' QUALITY OF LIFE WITH THEIR CHILDREN'S ATTACHMENT STYLES

The issue of the relationship between children and parents has long attracted the attention of psychologists and educators. The parent-child relationship is a fundamental and vital relationship for creating security and love. Attachment is a two-way act of emotional communication that affects the physical and cognitive psychological development of the child and is the basis for the child's trust and distrust. It is necessary in regulating his thoughts and emotions. The present study investigated the relationship between marital commitment and mothers' quality of life with their children's attachment styles. This descriptive study was performed in 2020 on 200 women living in Mashhad who have been living together for at least 5 years. In this study, Hazen and Shaver Attachment Questionnaire (2008), Adams and Jones Marital Commitment Questionnaire (1997) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire were used. According to Pearson correlation coefficient, there is a significant negative relationship between avoidant and ambivalent attachment styles with marital commitment as well as mothers' quality of life. There was a positive and significant relationship between marital commitment and secure attachment style with mothers' quality of life (P <0.05). According to the results of the study, the more secure a person's attachment is, the greater the person's commitment, and also the more avoidable and anxious the person's attachment, the lower personal commitment.