Attachment Style and Level of Students’ Distress Disclosure

Abstract

Attachment style is one of the factors that influence a level of students’ distress disclosure. This study aims to analyze level of students’ distress disclosure in terms of the type of attachment style. Data were collected using the distress disclosure index (DDI) and adolescent relationship scales questionnaire (ARQ) to 466 students selected by random sampling. The results of the one-way ANOVA analysis showed a significant difference in the level of student disclosure distress in the three groups of attachment style (F = 5.61, p <0.05). However, in subsequent tests using the Bonferroni test, significant differences were found in the type of attachment style secure with dismissing (mean difference = 1.915, p <0.05) and also secure with preoccupied (mean difference = 2.595, p <0.05). While the type of style dismissing with preoccupied did not show a significant difference (mean difference = 0.68, p> 0.05). This research has implications for guidance and counseling services to help understand distress disclosure and also the types of students' attachment styles.