Abstract:
This study investigated the attachment styles and conflict resolutions of vocational students. Participants were 567 vocational students. The instruments used were the Experience in Close Relationship Scales-Revised (ECR-R) and The Conflict Resolution Inventory. Data was analyzed using a OneWay and a Two-Way ANOVA designs followed by post-hoc multiple comparisons with Dunnetts T3 and Scheffe test and Pearson Product moment Correlations. The findings were as follows: 1. Vocational students had a secure attachment style and used high level of conflict resolution behavior of integrating and compromising, and moderate level of avoiding conflict, obliging and dominating. 2. Female students had more positive internalized models of other than male students. 3. Female students used more integrating and compromising conflict resolution styles than male students, while male students used more dominating conflict resolution style than female students. 4. Vocational students with secure and preoccupied attachment styles used more conflict resolution behavior of integrating than those with dismissing and fearful attachment styles; and used more compromising than those with dismissing attachment style. 5. Vocational students with preoccupied attachment style used more dominating conflict resolution style than those with secure and dismissing attachment styles. 6. Vocational students with preoccupied and fearful attachment styles used more obliging conflict resolution style than those with secure and dismissing attachment styles, and used more avoiding conflict than those with dismissing attachment style. 7. Negative internal working model of self had positive correlation with obliging conflict resolution style. 8. Negative internal working model of other had negative correlation with integrating and compromising conflict resolution styles. 9. Integrating conflict resolution style had positive correlation with compromising conflict resolution style. 10. Obliging conflict resolution style had positive correlation with compromising and avoiding conflict resolution styles.