Role of Adolescent Attachment and Resilience Styles in Predicting Identity Crisis

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of adolescent attachment and resilience styles in predicting identity crisis. The statistical population of the study consisted of high school students in Larestan, Iran. Using Cochran formula, 237 individuals were selected as sample and selected by simple random sampling method. The research tool was Hazen and Shaver Adult Attachment Scale, Ahmadi Autonomy Crisis Questionnaire, and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Results showed there is a significant relationship between attachment and resiliency variables with identity crisis, as well as attachment and resiliency variables were entered into the multiple regression equation. Both of attachment and resiliency accounted about 68% of changes in the variance of the identity crisis.