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    THE MEDIATING ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HARDINESS IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATTACHMENT STYLES AND STRESS COPING STRATEGIES AMONG PALESTINIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
    (An-Najah National University, 2024-09-19) Abu Alia, Sara
    Background: University students face a considerable amount of stress, whether it was academic, social, or mental based stress, but it’s crucial to note that their families at home is the first environment in which they grow up learning about the world around them, and the way they interact with surrounding events is especially affected by their relationships with their parents, which are regarded as the greatest influence to individuals when it comes to their personality development; due to the intimate bonds that tie the family members together, also known as attachments. This research focuses on the attachment theory of John Bowlby, which focuses on the notion that people’s abilities to build physical and emotional relationships are affected by their levels of feeling secure. Accessibility of parents or caregivers provide their children a secure base to explore, knowing that if they encounter distress, their caregivers will provide them with help and emotional support. Eventually, as children grow up, they pick up certain strategies to regulate their inner distress and cope with stressful life-events. One Personality trait that is affected by attachment relationships between family members is psychological hardiness; because it influences what strategies they utilize to cope with stress. Aim: This study aimed to examine the mediating role of psychological hardiness in the relationship between attachment styles and stress coping strategies among students of Palestinian universities. Method: Data was collected using The Yarmouk Scale of Attachment Styles The Short Psychological Hardiness Scale, and The Stress Coping Strategies for a sample of 200 Palestinian university students. The collected data was analyzed using SPS version 25.0. Results: The results of the study revealed that there was a negative relationship between attachment styles and stress coping strategies, a negative relationship between attachment styles and psychological hardiness, and a positive relationship between psychological hardiness and stress coping strategies among Palestinian university students. The results also showed that attachment styles and psychological hardiness explain (53%) from each other, while stress coping strategies and psychological hardiness explain (70%) from each other. Additionally, there weren’t any significant differences in attachment styles, psychological hardiness, and stress coping strategies means among Palestinian university students according to gender, age, university, and birth order. Recommendations: The study recommends that, in Palestine, universities provide more counselling centers, arrange free workshops to spread awareness on the influences of parent-child interactions on children’s psychological hardiness, and provide training courses to teach students efficient strategies of coping with stress. Finally, the researcher recommends further research on this topic in the Palestinian context. Keywords: Attachment, Attachment styles, coping, stress coping strategies, psychological hardiness.