The Relationship Between Social Phobia And Attachment Styles In Adolescents

Abstract

In the presented dissertation, the relationship between social phobia and attachment in adolescents was experimentally studied. The research work consists of introduction, three chapters, ten sub-chapters, conclusion, references and appendices. The research group of the dissertation consists of 60 high school students. In the first chapter, social phobia was analyzed in a general way, information was given about what causes social phobia and how it arises. Also, an analysis was made about how social phobia manifests itself in teenagers and its characteristics. In the second chapter, scientific-theoretical aspects of the attachment problem were discussed. In this chapter, the relationship and characteristics between social phobia and attachment are mentioned. Finally, information about the role of attachment styles in the formation of personality was mentioned. The 3rd chapter of the research work, certain studies were conducted. The Social Phobia Scale (Liebowitz), researcher-made Socio-Demographic Questionnaire, Adolescent Social Phobia Scale (Greca and Lopez) and Adolescent Relationship Scale Questionnaire (Bartholomew, Horowitz, Griffin and Horowitz) were used as data collection tools in the study. As a result of the analysis, it was recorded whether social phobia changes based on some characteristics, along with the relationship between Social Phobia and Attachment styles. As a result of the study, it was considered that there is a significant relationship between social phobia and attachment styles. It was taken into account that the social phobia or attachment styles that arise in teenagers do not differ based on the educational level of their parents. SPSS software was used to conduct a mathematical-statistical analysis of the research results.According to the results obtained in the study, it was determined that there is a relationship between social phobia and attachment styles in adolescents.