Affective touch experiences across the lifespan: Development of the Tactile Biography questionnaire and the mediating role of attachment style

Attachment insecurity and alexithymia are assumed as the probable causes of emotional dysregulation in patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The present study was designed and conducted to examine the mediating role of alexithymia in the relationship between attachment styles and Borderline Personality Symptomatology (BPS). In this crosssectional study, 153 patients with BPD were selected using stratified random sampling among outpatients referring to the psychiatric clinics in three major cities of Iran. Also, they were evaluated through the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS- 20), Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ), and BPD Severity Index (BPDSI). On-way ANOVA and then Scheffé post-hoc analysis revealed that the scores of BPS and TAS-20, together with the scores of preoccupied, fearful, and dismissing styles, were higher in the alexithymia group, whereas the scores of secure style were greater in the non-alexithymia group. Furthermore, the results of hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed that alexithymia mediated the association between secure, preoccupied, and fearful styles and BPS based on the model proposed by Baron and Kenny. Hence, modifying the alexithymia need to be a goal of psychotherapy. In this regard, changing the effects of the problematic attachment styles via increasing emotional awareness may be effective in modifying alexithymia and BPS.

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Mediating Role of Resilience in Relationship Between Attachment Style Dimensions and Quality of Life in High School Students

International Journal of School Health ◽

10.17795/intjsh-36096 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Habibollah Naderi ◽

Abbas Akbari ◽

Roya Abbasi-Asl

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Attachment Style ◽

School Students ◽

Mediating Role

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATTACHMENT AND ADJUSTMENT WITH CHRONIC PAIN; WITH STUDY THE MODERATOR ROLE OF RESILIENCY

International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH ◽

10.29121/granthaalayah.v4.i8.2016.2563 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (8) ◽

pp. 52-61

Author(s):

SakinehJulaieha ◽

MahnazAliakbari Dehkordi ◽

Farhad Shagaghi ◽

Afsaneh Lak ◽

Marziehkakanejadifard

Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Depression Anxiety Stress Scale ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Disability Questionnaire ◽

Moderator Role ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

The present study investigated the relationship between attachment style with adjustment and resiliency in chronic pain patients and probable mediating role of resiliency between attachment and adjustment. Adult Attachment Inventory; Depression‚ Anxiety‚ Stress Scale (DASS_21) Resiliency Scale (CS_RISC) and Roland–Morris Disability Questionnaire (RDQ). Data were analyzed using parson’s correlation and regression. Results revealed that avoidant and ambivalent attachment styles negatively correlated with adjustment (positively correlated with depression, anxiety and stress) and positively with resiliency. Secure attachment wasn’t correlated with none of them. Resiliency didn’t mediate the impact of attachment style on adjustment. These findings suggest that insecure attachment style is a vulnerability factor for adjustment with chronic pain and predicts lower resiliency in these patients. Briefly present the conclusions and importance of the results. Concisely summarize the study’s implications. Please do not include any citations in the abstract.

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The Mediating Role of Marital Intimacy in the Relationship between Attachment Style and Couples' Attitude Towards Infidelity

Journal of Counseling Research ◽

10.18502/qjcr.v20i77.6144 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ensieh Bakhtiari ◽

Saeideh Sadat Hosseini ◽

Mokhtar Arefi ◽

Karim Afsharinia

Keyword(s):

Attachment Style ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Correlation Coefficients ◽

Statistical Population ◽

Marital Intimacy ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Child Education ◽

Attachment Style Questionnaire ◽

The Relationship

Aim: Intimacy among couples is an important factor in sustainable marriages. If couples' intimacy fades, it will affect their tendency toward extramarital relations. Individuals' style of attachment form during childhood and exert a notable influence on the formation of their marital intimacy during adulthood. Therefore, the goal of the present research was to study the mediating role of marital intimacy in relation between attachment styles and attitude. Methods: This research is a descriptive-analytic study of correlational type. The statistical population is comprised of all married men and women of Tehran in the Iranian year of 1396. The study's sample was chosen from the population using the convenient sampling method. Data collection tools included Mark Whatley (2006) Q Attitude Toward Transnational Relationships Questionnaire, Collins & Read (1990) Attachment Style Questionnaire, and Thompson and Walker (2002) Marital Intimacy Questionnaire. The total population size of the sample was 650 couples, consisting of 357 women and 293 men. Data analysis was done using the path analysis method and the AMOS statistical software from SPSS company. Results: Analyzing the correlation coefficients and their standardized values, in addition to the related t-test values, indicated that the direct effect of the anxiety-driven attachment style on marital intimacy is meaningful (P≤0/05). Furthermore, the indirect effect of marital intimacy on tendency toward infidelity is meaningful (P≤0/05). Conclusion: Since marriage and choosing a partner is one of the most important decisions in life, considering the predicting role of unsafe attachment style and the role of marital intimacy in individuals' tendency toward infidelity, the necessity of analyzing these two variables as it applies to premarital counseling and parental training about child education and attachment styles, must be emphasized.

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The mediating role of difficulties in emotion regulation on attachment styles of adolescents with conduct disorders

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health ◽

10.1515/ijamh-2018-0260 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Mojtaba Yaghoubipoor ◽

Seyed Hamid Seyed Bagheri ◽

Hadi Khoshab

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Emotional Regulation ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Parental Attachment ◽

Personal Autonomy ◽

Conduct Disorders ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Difficulties In Emotion Regulation

Abstract Adolescence is a period of achieving emotion regulation skills. One of the main responsibilities of adolescents is to learn adaptive emotion regulation and personal autonomy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of difficulties in emotion regulation in the attachment styles of adolescents with conduct disorders. This was a cross-sectional and correlational study. The study consisted of 105 adolescent residing in detention centers in the southeast of Iran using multi-stage random sampling. Data were collected using various questionnaires such as the Inventory of Parents and Peer Attachment-Revised (IPPA-R), the Difficulties of Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), and the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Information was analyzed using path analysis. The results show parental attachment and difficulties in emotion regulation significantly contribute to the prediction of conduct problems. A sense of alienation causes conduct disorders through disturbance in emotional regulation, but trust and communication with parents are only indirectly related to conduct disorders by disturbances in emotional regulation. As attachment is closely correlated with emotional regulation and difficulties in emotion regulation also lead to the conduct disorders, it is suggested to train emotion regulation in adolescents and their families with the aim of shaping relationships that will lead to the formation of a secure attachment style in the child.

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Adolescent survivors of childhood sexual abuse: the mediating role of attachment style and coping in psychological and interpersonal functioning

Child Abuse & Neglect ◽

10.1016/s0145-2134(99)00085-x ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 23 (11) ◽

pp. 1175-1191 ◽

Cited By ~ 102

Author(s):

Deborah L Shapiro ◽

Alytia A Levendosky

Keyword(s):

Sexual Abuse ◽

Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Interpersonal Functioning ◽

Mediating Role ◽

And Coping

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

Europe’s Journal of Psychology ◽

10.5964/ejop.v10i2.671 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 352-362 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Mohammad Ali Besharat ◽

Vahideh Shahidi

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽

Cognitive Emotion Regulation ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Regulation Strategies ◽

The Relationship

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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