The Role of Different Demographic Factors in Influencing the Attachment Patterns of Adults

Abstract

The purpose of this quantitative, cross-sectional research was to determine the normalized predictive value of the demographic factors on the development of attachment pattern of adults. The respondents were asked to fill in a demographic information form, as well as to fill in Addictive Relationship Scale. The data analysis was done by applying neural network analysis, to give the normalized significance of six demographic variables. The most significant variable was identified as age; it had a normalized importance of 100.0%. Monthly income and educational level came after it with 64.1% and 52.4% respectively. The other factors marital status (39.2%), employment status (37.4%) and gender (36.7) were less significant. These observations point conclusively to the idea that the predisposition of an individual towards addictive relationship behaviors has been closely linked with the age and their social-economic environment.

Keywords:  Demographic Factors, Adult Attachment Patterns, Addictive Relationship, Age, Monthly Income.