Family structure and forgivingness: The mediating role of insecure attachment

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (18) ◽  
pp. 59-74
Author(s):  
Justyna Mróz ◽  
Kinga Kaleta
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Dispositional Forgiveness ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Faces Iv ◽  
The Family ◽  
Polish Version ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between the structure of the family of origin and tendency to forgive by investigating attachment as a potential mediating variable. Polish version of the FACES-IV (Olson & Gorall, 2003; Margasiński, 2015); the Heartland Forgiveness Scale (Thompson et al., 2005; Kaleta, Mróz, & Guzewicz, 2016), the Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Collins & Read, 1990; Collins, 1995/2008; Adamczyk, 2012) were used. The sample consisted of 91 individuals aged 19–26 (58.25% females). The results showed that maladaptive family of origin structures are associated with a lower level of dispositional forgiveness. However, no statistically significant relationship was found between adaptive family of origin structures and dispositional forgiveness. Furthermore, the results indicate that insecure attachment is a mediator in the relationship between the maladaptive family of origin structure and dispositional forgiveness.

Social Interaction in Early and Middle Childhood

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-69
Author(s):  
Serena Lecce ◽  
Rory T. Devine
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Social Outcomes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter examines the cognitive basis of social interaction by assessing the claim that children’s ability to understand the minds of others (or ‘Theory of Mind’ [ToM]) matters for their successful social interactions. To this end, it critically examines available research on the relation between ToM and social interaction during early and middle childhood, both within and outside the family. The chapter introduces ToM in a social context framework that considers the processes through which ToM has an impact on children’s social outcomes, and the circumstances under which an association between ToM and social interaction should be apparent. It sets an agenda for future research by emphasizing (1) the mediating role of intentional social interaction behaviours in explaining the relations between ToM and social outcomes in early and middle childhood; and (2) the moderating role of partner-related variables (including familiarity, the nature and quality of the relationship, and the level of partner ToM ability) and of social context in strengthening or attenuating the relations between ToM and social interaction.

scholarly journals ADOLESCENTS’ HEALTH BEHAVIOUR ACCORDING TO SPORT AND FAMILY STRUCTURE

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-37
Author(s):  
Karolina Eszter Kovács ◽  
Beáta Erika Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Influencing Factor ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Family ◽  
Optimal Health

   Health awareness plays an important role in our life. It’s important to live an appropriate lifestyle because an adequate way of life helps to conserve the optimal health status and to prevent chronic diseases (Conner, 2005). The role of the family and parents is still significant. Children turn toward their peers but the family stands in the background as a supporting basis (Kovács & Pikó, 2009). However this function cannot be fulfilled with the crisis and disintegration of family structure which can mean a serious stressor, so it can increase the appearance and in serious cases the long-lasting subsistence of harmful health behavior (Bramlett & Blumber, 2007). The aim of the study is to measure the appearance of smoking, getting drunk, and substance use depending on the sport and family structure in three counties on the basis of FASCES 2015. According to the results only pursuing sport does not influence the testing rate but it can be seen as a protective factor. Family structure considered on its own is not a significant influencing factor but the mediating role of social factors are well perceptible in case of smoking, getting drunk, and using weed.

scholarly journals The mediating role of mentalizing between attachment and eating disorders

2018 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 202-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iratxe Redondo ◽  
Patrick Luyten
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Eating Disorder Symptoms ◽  
The Relationship

The objective of the study was to investigate whether mindfulness mediated the relationship between attachment and eating disorders in a sample of 323 female university students and 38 anorexic inpatients using structural equation modeling. All insecure attachment subscales were positively related to eating disorder symptoms and negatively to mindfulness. Furthermore, mindfulness scores were negatively associated with eating disorder symptoms. Mediation analyses showed that the relationship between all the insecure attachment subscales and eating disorders was partially mediated by the mindfulness effects. These results are in line with Bateman and Fonagy's (2004a, 2004b) theory that implies a mediating role of mindfulness used as a proxy for mentalizing between attachment and psychopathology. Further research is needed, however, to replicate these findings.

Resilience as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Forgiveness and Happiness Among College Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-127
Author(s):  
Nahdhata Jaufalaily ◽  
Fathul Himam
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Private University ◽  
Subjective Happiness ◽  
Dispositional Forgiveness ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Subjective Happiness Scale ◽  
Resilience Scale ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between dispositional forgiveness and happiness with a particular focus on the mediating role of resilience. Participants consisted of 203 undergraduate students from a private university in Indonesia who completed the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), Heartland Forgiveness Scale (HFS), and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Results of mediational analysis showed that resilience partially mediated the relationship between forgiveness and happiness with the overall model explaining 27% of the variance in happiness. Limitations and practical implications were discussed.

scholarly journals Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health in the Family: The Influence of Emotional Intelligence Perceived by Parents and Children

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (17) ◽  
pp. 6255 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Trinidad Sánchez-Núñez ◽  
Noelia García-Rubio ◽  
Pablo Fernández-Berrocal ◽  
José Miguel Latorre
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Home ◽  
Mood Scale ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: The relevant scientific literature has confirmed the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and mental health. In addition, previous studies have underlined the importance of perceived EI between family members in the construction of one’s own EI. Adolescence is considered to be a crucial stage in identity construction and a time when mental health is vulnerable. Objectives: To analyze the mediating role of self-reported EI on mental health of adolescents and young adults still living in the family home, we considered the relationship between perceived EI in parents and children. Method: The sample was comprised of 170 children and their respective fathers and mothers living in the same family home. Self-reported EI was evaluated using the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS-24), whereas perceived EI was evaluated via the Perceived Emotional Intelligence Scale-24 (PTMM-24) and mental health using the MH-5. Results: Parents’ perceived EI of their children also children’s perceived EI of their parents has a direct effect on children’s mental health and an indirect effect through the EI self-reported by children. We discuss the differences in the role of mothers and fathers in emotional education and its influence on the results. Conclusions: We highlight the importance of perceived EI among family members, over and above the self-reported EI of each member, for its predictive power on the mental health of children.

The vulnerability of insecure minds: The mediating role of mentalization in the relationship between attachment styles and psychopathology

2021 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-384
Author(s):  
Gianluca Santoro ◽  
Laura Rosa Midolo ◽  
Antonino Costanzo ◽  
Adriano Schimmenti
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Mental States ◽  
The Self ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Negative View ◽  
The Relationship

Insecure attachment is linked to mentalizing difficulties and psychopathology. The current study aimed to examine if failures in mentalization, as observed in the form of uncertainty about mental states, mediated the relationship between attachment styles and global psychopathology in a group of 812 adults (66.5% females) from the community. Participants completed measures on attachment styles, uncertainty about mental states, and clinical symptoms. The authors found that uncertainty about mental states was a partial mediator of the associations between attachment styles and psychopathology. Furthermore, the findings supported the role of secure attachment in protecting from mentalization failures and psychopathology; on the contrary, increased scores on attachment styles involving a negative view of the self (preoccupied and fearful attachment styles) predicted high levels of uncertainty about mental states and psychopathology. Accordingly, clinicians may wish to promote mentalizing abilities in individuals who display a negative view of the self embedded in their attachment styles.

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