Differences in the assessment of attachment style, general self-image and hardiness in married and divorced women

This study aimed to assess and find differences in attachment style, the general self-image and hardiness in married and divorced women. The sample consisted of 102 participants: 40 married women attending Relational Family Therapy (RDT) Marriage Crisis Counselling Groups; 26 divorced women attending RDT Divorcee Groups; and 28 married and 8 divorced women who did not attend the groups mentioned. The participants completed a modified questionnaire for assessing self-image (Musitu, Garcia,,Gutierrez, Krajnc in Pečjak, 1998), Kobasa's hardiness questionnaire (Kobasa in Maddi, 1979, as cited in Lamovec, 1994b), and Bartholomew's attachment style questionnaire (Bartholomew in Horowitz, 1991, as cited in Kobal, 2001). Married women not attending the mentioned groups had a better family self-image than divorced women who attended RDT Divorcee Groups, and furthermore, women not attending the mentioned groups had a better general self-image than women attending the groups