addiction and attachment in romantic relationships: a study on young people

Background: this study aims to examine the relationship between addiction in romantic relationships and attachment styles of young people. methods: a total of 456 university students aged 18-24 years participated in this descriptive, cross-sectional and correlational study. demographic information form, addiction in romantic relationships scale (arrs) and three-dimensional attachment style scale (tdass) were used as data collection tools. the independent groups t-test, one-way analysis of variance, tukey post hoc test and the pearson correlation coefficient were used to analyse the obtained data. the statistical significance level was set as 0.05. results: of 456 young people participating in the study, 96.1% (n=438) were female and 3.9% (n=8) were male. most participants (41.4%) were 20-21 years old. although there were more undergraduate students (71.7%), most participants were in their first year (43.4%). more than half of the participants (56.8%) were in a romantic relationship. as a result of the study, the mean±sd dependency in romantic relationships of participants was determined as 2.03±0.654. the self-commitment mean±sd in romantic relationships was found to be low (1.79±0.626), and the mean of obsession was high (2.29±0.872). in addition, the findings show that most participants have a secure attachment style. in terms of gender, women had higher levels of anxious-ambivalent attachment. participants in romantic relationships had higher levels of dependency, self-commitment, deprivation, and obsessive-compulsive attachment. conclusion: participants in romantic relationships have a secure attachment style, while participants without romantic relationships have an anxious-ambivalent attachment style.