Abstract:
The focus of the current study was to determine the association between attachment, intimate
relationship and life satisfaction among university students. In the current research it was
hypothesized that i) there would be significant positive relationship between attachment and
intimate relationship, ii) there would be significant positive relationship between attachment
and life satisfaction, iii) there would be significant gender difference in terms of all three
variables and iv) there would be significant effect of pertinent demographic variable on these
three variables. A sample of 241 participants (men = 110 and women = 131) in age range
from 19-25 were selected as the test sample. Attachment, intimate relationships and life
satisfaction of students were assessed by using Adult Attachment (Scale Hazen & Shaver
1987) , Intimate Relationship Scale (Gulzar & Mehmood, 2018) and The Satisfaction with
Life Scale (Pavot and Diener, 2008). Results indicated that attachment and life satisfaction
have significantly positive correlation with intimate relationships. Moreover, Secure
attachment has significant positive correlation with life satisfaction while ambivalent and
avoidant are negatively correlated with life satisfaction, which means people with secure
attachment are satisfied with their life, while those who have avoidant and ambivalent
attachment their satisfaction with life is poor. It is also concluded that secure attachment has
positive correlation with intimate relationship and avoidant and ambivalent attachment have
negative relationship with intimate relationship. Moreover, intimacy in relation has strong
positive relationship with secure attachment while negative with conflict in attachment,
which represents that people having secure attachment, their intimate relations are better and
they have high intimacy in relation where as their conflict in relations are really low. Whereas
avoidant and ambivalent attachment have negative association with intimate relationship and
intimacy in relation whereas positive relation with conflict in relation, this demonstrates that x
individuals having avoidant and ambivalent attachment have low level of intimacy in their
intimate relationships where they have high conflict in their relations
