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Har din uppväxt förutbestämt vem du är och hur du mår idag?
: förhållandet mellan personlighet, anknytningsstil, självkänsla och välmående

Translated title of the thesis: Can your childhood predict who you are and how you feel today?: the relationship between personality, attachment style, self-esteem and well-being
  • Hanna Jokimaa

Student thesis: Master, one year

Abstract

Previous research has shown that parents' attachment style and personality interact and influence each other. But what do the relationships between attachment style, self-esteem, well-being and personality look like? In this essay, five hypotheses were tested to see how these correlates with each other. This was done by a survey that measured the five basic dimensions (agreeableness, extraversion, neuroticism, openness and conscientiousness), subjective well-being, self-esteem and attachment style based on five aspects; two insecure of distancing nature and two of an anxious / closeness-seeking nature, the secure attachment style is characterized by a secure relationship with oneself and others. The survey was based on Big Five Inventory (BFI), Questionnaire on well-being, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and the Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ). The reliability of the survey was good. A total of 853 participants responded to the survey between the ages of 20-74 (M = 43.3, SD = 10.15), where 67.3% were women. Correlation analyzes and multiple regression analyzes were performed. The hypotheses were confirmed, attachment style can be predicted by personality traits, well-being and self-esteem. The results showed that the secure attachment is predicted by and has a positive correlation with agreeableness, extraversion, self-esteem and well-being as well as a negative correlation to neuroticism, which the other attachment styles did not have.

Date of Award2021-Sept-15
Original languageSwedish
SupervisorPeter Jönsson (Supervisor) & Jimmy Jensen (Examiner)

Courses and Subjects

  • Psychology

University credits

  • 15 HE credits

Swedish Standard Keywords

  • Psychology (501)

Keywords

  • big five inventory
  • personality
  • subjective well-being
  • attachment style questionnaire
  • asq
  • rosenberg self-esteem scale (rses)

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