Investigating the relationship between attachment styles and suicide among teenagers

Objective: The aim of this study was to review the attachment styles in suicidal individuals among teenagers from various domestic and foreign sources in the past few years. Research method: The present research method was library study. Thus, the keywords of attachment styles, suicide and teenagers were searched in the search engines of Persian Article Bank include GOOGLE.SCHOLAR, SID, NOORMAGS, MAGIRAN and CIVILICA and foreign article bank including GOOGLE.SCHOLAR, PubMed, SPRINGER, SCIENCEDIRECT, and SCOPUS. It was searched in the period of ۲۰۰۰-۲۰۲۱ and the related articles to the topic of this study were selected. Results: The research findings indicate the existence of numerous studies of domestic and foreign researchers on the subject of attachment styles. The results showed that attachment styles, especially avoidant attachment style, have a significant relationship with suicide. Conclusion: Attachment styles are one of the important variables in predicting suicidal thoughts and behavior among teenagers that should be considered by therapists.

Keywords:

Attachment Styles , Suicide , Adolescents