التعلق الآمن وقيم المواطنة ودورهما في خفض السلوكيات المنحرفة لدى عينة من طلبة الجامعات السعودية

Abstract EN

This study aimed to search for the relationships between attachment styles, citizenship values and deviant behavior’s, also aims to verify the possibility of reducing deviant behaviors with a high level of both secure attachment and citizenship values.

The study targeted university students as a sample, the number of participants reached 540 (233 male and 307 female students) and used three psychological measures (attachment patterns translated by research team; Citizenship and Deviant behavior were prepared by research team).

The study reached several results, including; a positive relationship between secure attachment and citizenship values and a negative relationship between citizenship values and deviant behaviors, the predictive role was also proven, which linked between the effect of secure attachment "closeness" on the relationship between one dimension of citizenship values (positive "belonging and sacrifice") and some deviant behavior’s (rebellion against authority, recklessness and indifference).

Statistical differences were also found between the means of some study variables, including differences in secure attachment "closeness" in favour of females and married students, and differences in citizenship values in favour of males and married students, and differences in deviant behaviour according to the social status of the family in the direction of separated parents.

Numbers of important recommendations were made, including preparing programs on the awareness and counselling levels directed at the family, educators, media professionals and influential community leaders, explaining to them the importance of the relationships that this study came out with.