The Effect of Attachment Styles on Attitude towards Help Seeking

The aim of the study is to determine whether there is a difference among university students’
attitudes towards help seeking in regard to their attachment styles. Participants of this study were
composed of 572 university students (264 female, 308 male). The data was obtained by using the
Attitudes toward Seeking Psychological Help – Shortened and Relationship Questionnaire. One way
analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the data. Dependent variable of the study was
attitude towards help seeking, independent variable was attachment style and covariance was gender. The
findings of the study indicated that students with secure attachment style was found to have more
positive attitude towards psychological help seeking than preoccupied and fearful attachment styles.