Students' course evaluations often play an important role in career advancement for faculty. The authors examined the association between attachment representations of parents and course evaluations in a sample of 230 undergraduate students. They found a significant negative association between attachment anxiety with parents and course evaluation, thereby suggesting that insecure–anxious students were more likely to give negative course evaluations. The authors provide suggestions for professors to improve their scores on student course evaluations.
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