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Povezanost obrazaca partnerske afektivne vezanosti i radnih stilova
The relationship between partners attachment styles and working styles

Author(s): Ena Teofilović, Slađana Stevanović, Zoran Gojković
Subject(s): Psychology, Individual Psychology, Behaviorism
Published by: Logotip
Keywords: partner attachment;transactional analysis (TA);workng styles

Summary/Abstract: We spend big part of our lives in partnership relations, and they are very important to us, because they provide us with safety and opportunity to be creative and free in researching our environment (Stefanovic – Stanojevic, 2012). The study research the interconnection of the secure, preoccupied, fearful and avoidant patterns of partner attachment and working styles Be perfect, Please others, Try hard, Be strong and Hurry up. The research was conducted on the sample of 138 participants, and instruments used for testing pattern of partner attachment were Close Relationships Questionnaire (Bartholomew & Shaver, 1988) and Julie Hay’s Questionnaire for Working styles (Hay, 2009). The research showed that there is a statistically significant correlation between secure pattern of partner attachment and working style Please others (r=0.243, p<0.01), Hurry up (r=0.211, p<0.05) and Be strong (r=0.171, p<0.05). Fearful pattern of partner attachment is in positively correlation with work styles Please others (r=0.189, p<0.05), Hurry up (r=0.181, p<0.05) and Be strong (r=0.177, p<0.05). Preoccupied pattern of partner attachment is in positive correlation with working styles Please others (r=0.277, p<0.01), Hurry up (r=0.215, p<0.05) and Be strong (r=0.171, p<0.05). Dismissing pattern of partner attachment is in positive correlation with working style Be strong (r=0.170, p<0.05).

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 235-254
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Bosnian
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