Adult attachment in residence hall roommate relationships

Adult attachment style was examined in one hundred and thirteen same-sex freshman roommate pairs enrolled in their first semester at American University. It was hypothesized that both attachment style and depression symptom level would associate with students' self-reported roommate relationship functioning. The present study indicates that students tend to select different attachment categories for different kinds of relationships. Further, attachment style was associated with students' reports of roommate relationship functioning. Roommate pairs in which both members were insecure reported significantly lower roommate relationship functioning than pairs in which at least one member was secure. Depression symptom level did not associate with relationship functioning.