Abstract
Background and goal: Research shows that there is relationship between attachment styles, Asthma and in this research the relationship between insecure avoidance attachment, insecure ambivalence attachment and asthma in interaction with gender factor has been investigated. In this research it was hypothesized that there is relation between asthma and attachment style.
Method: For this purpose we selected 40 asthmatic patients (20 males and 20 females) and 40 healthy subjects (20 males and 20 females). For collection of information about variables, we used Adult Attachment Questionnaire.
Findings: The results showed that asthmatic patients and normal group were significantly different in secure attachment and insecure avoidant and ambivalent attachment styles (P<0/001).
In this research gender role in relation to style of attachment & asthma were investigated. The results showed that there is positive & significant relationship between style of ambivalent attachment & asthma in females.
Conclusions: The results showed that, attachment style of asthmatic patients is insecure and ambivalent type.