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Abstract
Family functioning (FF) is associated with patterns of adults’ close relationship attachment, which works differently in western and non-western societies. In this study, the relationship between FF and attachment (A), as well as the difference in relationship between FF and A across western and non-western societies were examined. A total of 600 young adults (294 males, 306 females) were recruited from western and non-western societies through the SurveyCircle and social media and communication applications. The data was analyzed using PLS-SEM and multigroup analysis, and the results showed that in western and non-western societies, family adaptability and cohesion were significantly associated with anxiety, close, and depend attachments. Unexpectedly, higher family adaptability was associated with higher anxiety attachment. The associations among family adaptability and cohesion with anxiety, close, and depend attachments showed that the strengths of the relationships are significantly different in western and non-western societies, except for the association between family cohesion and anxiety. Based on these results, the cultural differences in terms of FF and young adults’ close relationship attachment were presented for future research, family therapy, and the society.
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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Ethical Approval
All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
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Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
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Notes on contributors
Masoumeh Alavi
Masoumeh Alavi is lecturer of Counselling at Monash University Malaysia. Her primary research focuses on relationship qualification, life satisfaction, mental health and personality.
Adibah Abdul Latif
Adibah Abdul Latif isa senior lecturer in Educational Measurement and Evaluation at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She works on educational assessment especially in instrumentation and psychometric, holistic education, Outcome Based Education and Constructive Alignment. She is also managing the quality academic in her university for quality control and assurance.
Mohd Tajudin Ninggal
Mohd Tajudin Md Ninggal is a Professor of Counselling Psychology at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. His professional experiences in the field of counseling psychology has been focused on providing integrative counseling, coaching, and psychological consulting to government agencies, corporate sectors, colleges and universities, professional associations, expatriates, NGOs, and the general public.
Mohamed Sharif Mustaffa
Mohamed Sharif Mustaffa is professor of educational counselling. He has experience working at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. His work mostly focuses on counsellor education, marriage & family counselling and spiritual counselling.
Mansour Amini
Mansour Amini is an assistant professor of Translation Studies at UCSI University Malaysia. His work mostly focuses on Language Learning and several interdisciplinary areas in social sciences and humanities.