Predicting Attachment Disorder in School-age Children in Respect to Parents’ Attachment Style

The purpose of this research is to examine the relationships between parent’s attachment style and children’s Attachment disorder in school-age children. The sample consisted of 324 girls and 281 boys that were selected from Tehr􀆗n public primary schools of three grades (3, 4, and 5) by a random multistage sampling method. To verify the hypotheses, The Attachment Styles Questionnaire (Revised), the Randolph Attachment Disorder Questionnaire (RADQ), the Bender Gestalt Test (BG), and one questionnaire for demographic information were used. The findings indicated that parent’s insecure/anxiety attachment can significantly predict attachment disorder of their children. Parents of insecure attachment reported higher levels of marital discord and lower in socioeconomic status than did parents of secure attachment. Also, marital discord, difference of age between parent (more ten years) and low income family was significantly related to the attachment disorder.