The relationship between childhood traumas and insecure attachment styles and the fear of happiness and subjective well-being

Abstract

The study aims to examine the relationship between childhood traumas and insecure attachment styles and subjective well-being and the fear of happiness. The sample included students of the University of Belgrade. The sample size was convenient; 426 students in total, 306 female and 126 male respondents. It is shown that there is a positive correlation between the fear of happiness and insecure attachment styles, as well as between the fear of happiness and childhood traumas. There is a negative correlation between the fear of happiness and subjective well-being, as well as between subjective well-being and childhood traumas. Negative correlation has also been found between subjective well-being and insecure attachment styles. Fear of happiness proved to be a partial mediator between the dismissive style and life satisfaction, while fearful attachment style was shown to be a mediator between childhood traumas and fragility and the fear of happiness. It was also found that fearful attachment style was a partial mediator between childhood traumas and subjective well-being.