Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on the Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Alexithymia
Abstract: The main objective of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies on the relationship between attachment styles and alexithymia. Five hundred and thirty six undergraduate students (282 girls, 254 boys) from public universities in Tehran participated in this study. Participants were asked to complete the Adult Attachment Inventory (AAI), the Farsi version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (FTAS-20), and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ). The results illustrated a significant negative correlation between secure attachment style and alexithymia. Moreover, the results revealed a significant positive correlation between avoidant and ambivalent attachment styles with alexithymia. Regression analysis showed that both adaptive and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, have a mediating role on the relationship between attachment styles and alexithymia. Secure and insecure attachment styles predicted changes.... https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/671
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on the Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Alexithymia ; volume:10 ; number:2 ; day:28 ; month:05 ; year:2014
Europe's journal of psychology ; 10, Heft 2 (28.05.2014)
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Mohammad Ali Besharat
Vahideh Shahidi
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10.5964/ejop.v10i2.671
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020101417460772066383
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Mohammad Ali Besharat
- Vahideh Shahidi