Relation between quality of attachment and anxiety in delinquent adolescents

The aim of the current study was to investigate relationship between quality of attachment and anxiety in deliquent adolecents. To fulfil the stated goal 75 delinquent adolescents from Remdial and Training Institute of delinquent adolescents in Iran were selected by means of accessible sampling procedure. The following scale were administered on them: Revised Attachment Scale (Collins, 1996), and Symptom Checklist90-R (Derogatis, 1973). Analysis of data with utilization of multiple regression analyses revealed that anxiety of delinquent adolescents can be predicted from the magnitude of their quality of attachment. Moreover, data revealed that delinquent adolescents with insecure attachment (anxious) were higher in anxiety. Theroretical implications and practical applications of the findings in have been discussed in the original article. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the 2nd World Conference on Psychology, Counselling and Guidance.