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    Resilience and Attachment Patterns of Orphaned Children in Selected Orphan Homes in Addis Ababa
    (AAU, 2020-11) Tsega Beshahured, Asfaw; Tefera, Belay(Professor
    The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between resilience and attachment patterns of orphaned children among selected orphan homes in Addis Ababa. Across sectional research design was employed as a study design. Data were collected using adopted versions of Connar-Davidsn resilience and Bifulco and colleagues vulnerable attachment style questionnaires with demographic questions as tools of data collection. A total of 255(140) males and (115) females) children selected through stratified random and purposive sampling, were participated in the study. Data analysis was using descriptive statistics (percentage, mean, SD) and inferential statistics (ttest, one way ANOVA, and multiple linear regression). The finding of the study showed that the majority of the participants scored above average on resilience and proximity seeking attachment pattern. There was no significant difference in female and male on resilience and both attachment patterns. On the other hand there was significant difference on the level of resilience based on age and grade level. The study further demonstrated the presence of statistically significant relationship between resilience and proximity seeking attachment pattern. However there was no statistically significant relationship between resilience and disorganized attachment pattern. In addition attachment patterns also predict 19(%) of orphaned children’s level of resilience and proximity seeking pattern was found to be good predictor of resilience. However,the findings of the current study hold that attachment patterns were not the only factors that has to be taken as a measure of resilience among orphaned children. Finally the recommendations are forwarded based of the research findings