Explanation of Mediating Role of Life Orientation in Relationship between Attachment Styles Dimensions and Happinesso

The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of life orientation in relationship between attachment styles dimensions and happiness in high school students. Two hundred sixty seven male and female high school students of Babolsar city were selected by random multi-stage cluster sampling method. To gathering data, Attachment Styles Scale(Collins & Read, 1990) , Life Orientation Test-R (Scheier, Carver, Bridges, 1994) & Oxford Happiness Inventory (Hills & Argyle, 2001) questionnaire were used. In order to evaluate the proposed model of this study, path analyze method was used. Regarding the values obtained for the indexes, data were fitted with the proposed model of the research. Direct hypothesis examination indicated that : (1) the secure attachment style was a positive predictor for the optimism and happiness (2) the insecure attachment avoidant style was a negative predictor for the optimism and the insecure attachment ambivalent style was a negative predictore for the optimism and happiness (3) the optimism was a negative predictor for the happiness. Indirect hypothesis examination indicated that: (1) the secure attachment style was a positive predictor for the happiness (2) the insecure attachment avoidant style and the insecure attachment ambivalent style were negative predictors for the happiness.