Prevalence of Obsessive Love and Its Association with Attachment Styles

Abstract

The purpose of current study was examined the prevalence of emotional immature or obsessive love and it has relationship between attachment styles of university students. The Sample of this study consisted of 290 students (117 female and 173 male) of Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz that were selected with convenience sampling method. The instruments for collecting data consisted Passionate Love Scale and Adult Attachment Inventory. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistic, Pearson correlation and multiple regression through software program SPSS (version 16) and the significant level of analysis were P<0/05. Results showed that the prevalence of obsessive love among population was 17/9 percent. The results of multiple regressions showed that ambivalent attachment style significantly (P<0/01) can be predicted obsessive love. The research findings could be Based on concluding that activity of attachment system is not limited to childhood, And it remain during of life and the emotional ties such as friendships and romantic relationships, so that ambivalent attachment style in romantic relationships can be immature to predict.