Attachment to the teacher and academic engagement among female and male students

This
study aimed to evaluate the quality of teacher-student relationship as an
attachment to the teacher (secure attachment, avoidant attachment, and anxious attachment) as
factors influencing academic engagement in male and female students through are
examined.­ This
research method is descriptive (non-experimental) and its design is
causal-comparative, correlation and stepwise regression. 289 female students
and 282 male students were selected as the sample in Hamedan in the field of Mathematics-Physics and Empirical
Sciences in chemistry and physics
by the method of multistage cluster sampling and completed Rio and Tseng
questionnaire of aspects of academic engagement (2011) and researcher-made
three-dimensional scale of attachment to teacher. Results showed that there is a significant difference between the two
groups in avoidant attachment style to the teacher. Also, the difference between avoidant attachment relationship
with academic engagement, in two groups was significant. ­But ­between Secure
attachment relationship with academic engagement, in two groups significant
difference was not  observed. Moreover, in females, secure attachment to the
teacher was predictor of  high academic
engagement. in boys, secure attachment to teachers was
predictor of high academic engagement and avoidant attachment to the teacher
predictor of low academic engagement