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Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on the Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Alexithymia

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Besharat, Mohammad Ali
Shahidi, Vahideh

Abstract / Description

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 in alexithymia through adaptive and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in opposite directions. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies on the relationship between attachment styles and alexithymia is partial.

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attachment alexithymia emotion regulation cognition coping

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Date of first publication

2014-05-28

Journal title

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volume

10

Issue

2

Page numbers

352–362

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PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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peerReviewed

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Besharat, M. A., & Shahidi, V. (2014). Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on the Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Alexithymia. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 10(2), 352–362. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i2.671
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Besharat, Mohammad Ali
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Shahidi, Vahideh
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    2018-11-21T09:59:07Z
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  • Date of first publication
    2014-05-28
  • Abstract / Description
    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 in alexithymia through adaptive and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in opposite directions. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies on the relationship between attachment styles and alexithymia is partial.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Besharat, M. A., & Shahidi, V. (2014). Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on the Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Alexithymia. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 10(2), 352–362. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i2.671
  • ISSN
    1841-0413
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/887
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1079
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
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    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i2.671
  • Keyword(s)
    attachment
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  • Keyword(s)
    alexithymia
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  • Keyword(s)
    emotion regulation
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  • Keyword(s)
    cognition
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  • Keyword(s)
    coping
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on the Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Alexithymia
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    2
  • Journal title
    Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Page numbers
    352–362
  • Volume
    10
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