Family process and structure, attachment style, and emotional intelligence in runaway girls

Introduction: The phenomenon of running away from home is taken into account as oneof the highly sensitive and complicated issues in the field of social harms. According to areport released by the WHO, the annual rate of running away from home is more than 2.3million. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to compare family structure andprocess, attachment style, and emotional intelligence among runaway and normal girls.Methods: In this study, all runaway girls covered by social welfare organization of Iranin Bandar Abbas city were selected by using the convenience sampling method 40individuals were selected including 20 runaway girls and 20 normal girls who werematched in terms of demographic characteristics. Two groups were compared with t-testand Pearson correlation coefficient was used for evaluating relationship between variables.Results: According to the findings, there was a statistically significant difference betweenfamily structure, family process, attachment style, and emotional intelligence in normaland runaway girls (P<0.001). Moreover, there was a significant relationship betweenfamily structure and emotional intelligence.Conclusion: Family structure and process, attachment style, and emotional intelligencecan affect the phenomenon of running away.

Keywords:

Family Structure , Family Process , Attachment Style , Emotional Intelligence