Relationship between Attachment Style, Perfectionism and Quality of Frindship in Students in Emerging Adulthood

The present study investigated the relationship between attachment, perfectionism and friendship quality in students in early adulthood. It was conducted with a correlational method. Using random sampling, 260 students were selected from dormitory students in Tehran Universities. They were assessed by friendship _ no friend questionnaire, perfectionism, and adult attachment scale. Data were analyzed by regression method and multivariate analysis of variance. Results showed that there was a significant positive relationship between friendship quality and secure attachment as well as avoidant attachment styles. Besides, there was a significant negative relationship between friendship quality and ambivalent attachment relationship. On the other hand, there was a significant negative relationship between friendship quality and total perfectionism as well as negative perfectionism. However, there was no significant relationship between positive perfectionism and friendship quality. Also, there was a significant negative relationship between perfectionism and secure as well as avoidant attachment styles, but there was a significant positive relationship between ambivalent attachment style and perfectionism. Results showed that ambivalent attachment style and negative perfectionism could reversely predict quality of friendship. In addition, positive perfectionism and avoidant attachment style played a direct significant role in predicting quality of friendship. So, it seems that perfectionism and attachment style are influential components in the prediction of an individual quality of friendship.