ВЗАЄМОЗВ'ЯЗОК МІЖ ТИПОМ ПРИВ'ЯЗАНОСТІ ТА СИЛЬНИМИ РИСАМИ ХАРАКТЕРУ МОЛОДИХ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЖІНОК

Abstract

Background. The purpose of the study is to identify the relationship between the type of attachment and strong personality traits of young women. Strong personality traits are able to describe a person's internal characteristics, and also help predict his successful behavior (M. Seligman). The study also used the classification of types of attachment by J. Bowlby and M. Ainsworth: 1) reliable or safe; 2) avoidant; 3) anxious-ambivalent; 4) disorganized (timid). Methods. 122 women aged from 17 to 23 years, took part in the empirical study. The methods were used the "Test for determining the quality of attachment" (MAQ), a screening modification of the Seligman and Peterson test "Definition of strengths (values) and virtues" (adapted by G. Lapteva, O. I. Vlasova), correlation analysis (Spearman's rank correlation coefficient). Results. The relationship between the strong personality traits of young women and their types of attachment is statistically substantiated. A direct correlation was found between the safe type of attachment and kindness, as well as inverse correlations between the anxious-ambivalent type and the ability to make judgments, optimism and persistence; avoidant type and inquisitiveness, inability to communicate; disorganized type and lack of optimism. Сonclusion. Thus, respondents with a reliable type of attachment have statistically expressed strong traits, on the other hand, according to another study by the authors, they are also not inclined to use psychological defenses in difficult life situations. Young women with unreliable attachment styles don't pronounced strong traits. Instead, such persons are characterized by various psychological defenses as tools for organizing their mental activity in stressful and traumatic life situations.