Relation Among Quality of Attachment, Obsessive – Compulsive Behaviours and Phobic Anxiety in College Students

The aim of the current research was to investigate the relationship between quality of attachment with obsessive-compulsive behaviours and phobic anxiety in Tehran and Iran Medical Sciences Universities. To accomplish the stated goal 469 students from Tehran and Iran Medical Sciences Universities were selected by means of proportional sampling procedure. The Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Collins, 1996) and Scales of Obsessive-Compulsive and Phobic Anxiety in Symptom Checklist90- Revised (Derogatis et al., 1973) were administered on them. Analysis of data using a multiple regression analysis revealed that the magnitude of obsessive-compulsive behaviours and phobic anxiety can be predicted from the quality of attachment. Moreover, data revealed that students who had a depend attachment (dependability of others) were lower in obsessive- compulsive behaviours and phobic anxiety than students who had an anxious attachment. Authors concluded that depend attachment were associated with lower obsessive-compulsive behaviours and phobic anxiety in college students who were studying in medical sciences Universities.