Attachment styles in the family of origin and ressentiment. Young adult survey

Everyone experiences difficult situations that they have to face. Many researchers raise questions about the determinants of coping or lack of coping skills in such situations. One of the little-studied aspects in psychological analyses is the problem of resentment. This article considers how resentment is framed in psychology, as well as examines one of the factors concerning its determinants, namely attachment style during childhood. Research Objective: The article attempts to find an answer to the question of whether there are correlations between attachment style in the family of origin and resentment in young adults. Methodology: the study of 185 subjects used the Scale for the Study of Attachment Style in the Family of Origin (SPRP) by M. Ryś, Z. Krasowska and N. Witerek (2021), and those dimensions of the Scale of Psychological Resilience (SOP) by M. Rys et al. (2020), which address issues of resentment. Results: The results of the study indicate significant correlations between non-secure parenting styles in the family of origin and the studied aspects of resentment. The results also indicate differences in the experience of resentment between men and women.