ATTACHMENT STYLES AND DEPRESSION OF GRADE 11 STUDENTS IN NYAUNG OO TOWNSHIP
Abstract
- The main purpose of the present study is to examine attachment styles and depression of Grade 11 students in Nyaung Oo Township. This study was conducted on a survey research design and employed with a quantitative method. In this study, 896 Grade 11 students including 446 males and 450 females were randomly selected fromthe schools in Nyaung Oo Township, Mandalay Regions as participants of this study. Data of this study were collected by administering 21-items attachment styles questionnaire (ASQ) as developed by (Hofstra, et al., 2005) was used. The key adapted to measure depression of high school students was a 30-items Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (RADS) as developed by Reynolds (2002). In this research data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, independent samples t test, one way ANOVA, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression. Internal consistency reliability with Cronbach's Alpha of attachment styles was 0.533 and that of depression was 0.739. According to the results, there was a significant difference in students' attachment styles by gender. The result of independent samples t test showed that male students were higher secure attachment style than the female students. And, the female students were higher depression than the male students according to independent samples t test. The ANOVA result showed that there was a significant difference in their depression for anhedonia according to their father's job. Post-Hoc test indicated that 'farmer' was higher level of anhedonia in depression than others and government service. Then, Pearson Product Moment Correlation revealed that there was a positive correlation between insecure attachment style and depression of Grade 11 students (r = 0.246, p < 0.001). But, there was a negative correlation between secure attachment style and depression of Grade 11 students (r = -0.241, p < 0.001).
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Year
- 2021
Author
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Kyaw Soe Kyi
Subject
- Educational Psychology
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)