The study of the relationship between personality traits,attachment styles and cluster C clinical patterns of personality

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between personality traits, attachment style and clinical patterns of cluster C personality among spouse abuser men of Tabriz city.

In this study, the sample (N=100) was chosen through accessible sampling procedure from the population of spouse abuser men in Tabriz city. The subjects completed NEO personality Inventory (NEO-FFI) ,the MCMI-III and  Attachment Styles Questionnaire. The gathered data was analyzed by SPSS17 and through the descriptive statistic index and the pierson correlation. The findings of study showed that: There is meaningful relationship between openness experience factor of personality and obsessive clinical pattern of personality. There also meaningful relationship between openness experience, agreeableness, extraversion factors of personality and all of clinical patterns of cluster C personality and there is a meaningful relationship between conscientiousneis factor of personality and avoidance and obsessive clinical patterns of personality. There is meaningful relationship between avoidance attachment style and avoidance and obsessive clinical patterns of personality. There is meaningful between  ambivalent attachment  style and avoidance clinical patterns of personality. It can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between factors of personality, attachment styles and cluster C clinical patterns of personality among spouse abuser men of Tabriz city.