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The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between attachment styles and speaking anxiety of middle school students. In addition, it was also investigated whether attachment styles and speaking anxiety levels differ in terms of various demographic variables such as gender and education level of parents. In order to demonstrate this, in the study in which the relational screening model was adopted, “Close Relationships Scale – Revised for children and adolescent (ECR-RC)” and “Speaking Anxiety Scale for Second Education Students” were used as data collection tools. 523 students studying in 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades in different secondary schools in Trabzon participated in the research. The SPSS package program was used for data analysis and Pearson Correlation Coefficient, independent sample t test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests were performed. As a result of the research, a relationship was found between both anxiety attachment and speaking anxiety, and between avoidance attachment and speaking anxiety. This is significant because it shows that attachment not only explains the interaction between the child and the mother, but also affects the communication and speaking of the person during childhood and adolescence, and it is one of the reasons for the speaking anxiety. While the attachment styles and speaking anxieties of the students do not differ according to gender and educational status of the parents, the anxiety and avoidance attachment styles show a significant difference according to whether the parents live together or not.

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