Relationship among attachment styles and coping strategies with stress by marital adjustment

This study aimed to prediction of marital adjustment based on attachment styles and coping strategies with stress in housewives. This research conducted through descriptive and correlational method. Therefore, 300 housewives who were member of Dar Al-Quran of Qom province were studied by convenient sampling method. Data analyzed by correlational coefficient and regression.  Results showed the positive and significant relationship between security attachment style and marital adjustment (0.536). No significant relationship has seen between avoidant attachment style and marital adjustment, and there is a significant and negative relationship between ambivalent attachment style and marital adjustment (-0.162). It seems that secure attachment style can predict marital adjustment. In addition, there is a negative and significant relationship between ambivalent attachment style and marital adjustment otherwise avoidant attachment and coping strategies don’t have a significant relationship with marital adjustment.