The Mediating Role of Difficulties in Emotion Regulation in the Correlation Between Attachment Styles and Childhood Trauma With Self-Harming Behaviors in Adolescents

Background: Self-harming behaviors are significantly associated with difficulty in emotion regulation. Attachment styles and childhood trauma increase the frequency and intensity of self-harming behaviors through disrupting emotion regulation. Objectives: The present study aimed to evaluate the mediating role of difficulties in emotion regulation in the correlation between attachment styles and childhood trauma with self-harming behaviors in adolescents. Methods: The sample population included adolescents aged 15-18 years in Kermanshah, Iran in 2019. In total, 400 participants were selected via random sampling. Data were collected using instruments of difficulties in emotion regulation scale (DERS), adult attachment questionnaire (AAQ), and childhood trauma questionnaire (CTQ). In addition, structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to evaluate the proposed model. Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 24 and AMOS version 23. Results: The proposed model had a good fit. Attachment styles with the mediation of difficulties in emotion regulation (β = 0.174) and childhood trauma with the mediation of difficulties in emotion regulation (β = 0.111) had an indirect, significant correlation with self-harming behaviors (P < 0.05). Conclusions: According to the results, attachment styles and childhood trauma affected self-harming behaviors through difficulties in emotion regulation. Therefore, their impact on self-harming behaviors could be reduced by improving emotion regulation in adolescents.

Download Full-text

Resilience and Emotional Reactions to Failure Mediated by Self-compassion and Emotion Regulation in Martial Artists

Journal of Exercise Science and Medicine ◽

10.32598/jesm.12.1.12 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 245-250

Author(s):

Mahmoud Mohebi ◽

◽

Hassan Gharayagh Zandi ◽

Mohammad Ali Besharat ◽

Mahboubeh Ghayour Najafabadi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Emotional Reactions ◽

Study Data ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Cognitive Emotion Regulation ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Self Compassion ◽

Proposed Model

Introduction: The present study aimed to examine a proposed model for the relationship between resilience and emotional reactions to failure, mediated by self-compassion and Emotion Regulation (ER) among martial artists. Materials and Methods: A total of 286 athletes (191 males & 95 females; Mean±SD age: 20.98±3.30 years) from different disciplines of martial arts (taekwondo, karate, Judo, & wushu) engaged in league championship participated in the study. Athletes completed the Sports Mental Toughness Questionnaire (SMTQ), the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS), and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ). The proposed model was evaluated using structural equation modeling. Results: The obtained results revealed that resilience has direct and indirect effects on emotional reactions to failure. Furthermore, self-compassion and maladaptive ER play a partial negative mediating role between resilience and emotional reactions to failure. However, the mediating role of adaptive ER was not significant. Conclusion: The study data predicted negative emotional reactions to failure based on resilience, mediated by self-compassion and ER among martial artists; thus, these data indicate the necessity of paying attention to the development of resilience in martial artists. This method emphasizes self-compassion and the reduction of maladaptive ER for better recovery of failure and reduces its effects.

Download Full-text

The Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation in the Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Fear of Happiness

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences ◽

10.5812/zjrms.106371 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Qasem Ahi ◽

Alireza Tavasoli ◽

Alireza Pahlevan ◽

Ahmad Mansouri

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Childhood Trauma ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Cognitive Emotion Regulation ◽

Childhood Trauma Questionnaire ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Relationship ◽

Fear Of Happiness

Background: Although the relationship between childhood trauma and fear of happiness (FOH) is well-documented, little attention has been paid to the mediating factors of this relationship. Objectives: This research aimed to investigate the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation in the relationship between childhood trauma and FOH. Methods: Three hundred and seventy-eight students participated in this descriptive correlational study. The participants were selected by the convenience sampling method among all the students of the Islamic Azad University of Kashmar during 2017 - 2018. Data were collected by the Cognitive Emotion Regulation questionnaire (CERQ), the Childhood Trauma questionnaire (CTQ), and Fear of Happiness scale (FHS). All data were analyzed using Structural equation modeling (SEM). Results: The relationship between childhood trauma and FOH is mediated by cognitive emotion regulation. The fitness rates of the indices of GFI, CFI, NFI, IFI, NNFI, AGFI, RFI, and RMSEA were equal to 0.90, 0.96, 0.94, 0.96, 0.95, 0.87, 0.93, and 0.074, respectively. Conclusions: The findings of this study supported the proposed conceptual model in which the relationship between childhood trauma and FOH was mediated through positive and negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Therefore, it is necessary for psychologists and other specialists to pay attention to these variables.

Download Full-text

Modeling Structural Equations of Relationships between Attachment Styles and Self-Differentiation with Academic Performance of University Students with the Mediating Role of Health Promoting Lifestyle

Journal of Counseling Research ◽

10.18502/qjcr.v20i79.7344 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Vafa Mostafa ◽

Hajar Falahzadeh ◽

Sorur Ahmadi ◽

Omid Hamidi

Keyword(s):

Academic Performance ◽

University Students ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Health Promoting ◽

Health Promoting Lifestyle ◽

Self Differentiation

Aim: The aim of this study was to test the structural equation model of relationships between attachment styles and self-differentiation with academic performance of university students with the mediating role of health-promoting lifestyle. Methods: The method of this research was descriptive and correlation type. The statistical population consisted of all undergraduate students of Shahid Beheshti University (1554 people) in the academic year of 2018-2019. The sample size was estimated to be 308 based on Cochran formula. Eventually 305 questionnaires were finalized. Research tools included the Self-Distinction Questionnaire (Skowron & Schmitt, 2003), the Adults Attachment Inventory (AAI) (Hazen and Shaver, 1987), the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile (Walker, Sichrist & Pender, 1995) and the Educational Performance Test (Pham and Taylor, 1999) were used and data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistical methods (Pearson correlation, path analysis and structural equation modeling) using SPSS 23 and AMOS 26 statistical softwares. Findings: The results showed that attachment styles and self-differentiation have a significant relationship with academic performance and these variables are able to directly predict academic performance (p<0.01). Promotional lifestyles can also play a mediating role between attachment styles and self-differentiation with academic performance (p<0.01). Conclusion: Regarding the relationship between attachment styles, self-differentiation and health-promoting lifestyle with academic performance, special attention to these variables is necessary to improve student performance.

Download Full-text

Childhood trauma and psychotic experiences in a general population sample: A prospective study on the mediating role of emotion regulation

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.12.010 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

pp. 111-119 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

T.M. Lincoln ◽

N. Marin ◽

E.S. Jaya

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Childhood Trauma ◽

Community Sample ◽

The United States ◽

Symptom Distress ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Psychotic Experiences ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Symptom Frequency

AbstractBackgroundThe causal role of childhood trauma for psychosis is well established, but the mechanisms that link trauma to psychosis are largely unknown. Since childhood trauma is known to cause difficulties in emotion regulation (ER) and patients with psychosis show impaired ER, we hypothesize that impaired ER explains why people with a background of trauma are prone to psychotic experiences.MethodsThe study used a longitudinal cohort design based on a community sample (N = 562) from Germany, Indonesia, and the United States. Childhood trauma was assessed at baseline. ER and psychotic experiences (defined as positive symptom frequency and related distress) were measured repeatedly at a 4-, 8-, and 12-month follow-up. Cross-lagged panel and longitudinal mediation analyses with structural equation modeling were used to test the predictive value of ER on psychotic experiences and its mediating role in the association of childhood trauma and psychotic experiences.ResultsThe cross-lagged paths from impaired ER to symptom distress (but not frequency) were significant. However, there was also evidence for the reverse causation from symptom frequency and distress to impaired ER. ER partially mediated the significant prospective paths from childhood trauma to symptom distress.ConclusionThe findings demonstrate that ER plays a role in translating childhood trauma into distressing psychotic experiences in later life. Moreover, the findings point to a maintenance mechanism in which difficulties in ER and symptom distress exacerbate each other. Thus, ER could be a promising target for interventions aimed at prevention of psychosis.

Download Full-text

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.

Download Full-text

Mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties in the relationship between social anxiety and problematic internet use

Psihologija ◽

10.2298/psi190730013s ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 53 (3) ◽

pp. 291-305

Author(s):

Kürşad Sertbaş ◽

Selman Çutuk ◽

Fikret Soyer ◽

Çutuk Akkuş ◽

Rukiye Aydoğan

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Social Anxiety ◽

Emotional Regulation ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Internet Use ◽

Problematic Internet Use ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Relationship

This study aimed to examine whether there is a mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties in the relationship between social anxiety and problematic Internet use (PIU). The sample consisted of 297 participants (147 [49%] males; aged from 18 to 24 years), who were university students studying sport sciences in four universities in Turkey. Data were obtained using the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, Internet Addiction Scale, and Scale of Difficulties in Emotional Regulation. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the data. According to the results obtained, emotion regulation difficulty has a full mediating role in the relationship between social anxiety and PIU. As a result, social anxiety affects emotion regulation difficulties and this effect could increase PIU.

Download Full-text

Mediating role of emotion regulation processes in the relationship between cognitive flexibility and intolerance to uncertainty

Journal of Educational Sciences & Psychology ◽

10.51865/jesp.2021.2.17 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11(73) ◽

pp. 150-161

Author(s):

Zeynep Akkuş Çutuk ◽

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Structural Equation Modeling ◽

University Students ◽

Cognitive Flexibility ◽

Emotional Regulation ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Relationship

This study aims to examine whether emotional regulation processes play a mediating role in the relationship between cognitive flexibility and intolerance to uncertainty among university students. The sample consisted of 378 participants aged from 18 to 45 years. Data were obtained using the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI), Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS), and Emotion Regulation Processes Scale (ERPS). Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the data. According to the results obtained from the research, emotion regulation processes have a partial mediating role in the relationship between cognitive flexibility and intolerance to uncertainty. The bootstrapping process also provided additional evidence that this partial mediation was significant. As a result, low cognitive flexibility negatively affects emotion regulation processes, resulting in low tolerance for uncertain situations.

Download Full-text

Exploring the Relationship Between Loneliness, Materialism, and Life Satisfaction in a Western Context: the Moderating Role of Gender

Studies in Business and Economics ◽

10.2478/sbe-2021-0032 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 171-185

Author(s):

Srikant Manchiraju ◽

Amrut Sadachar ◽

Rimple Manchanda

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Online Survey ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Convenience Sample ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Proposed Model ◽

The Relationship ◽

Moderating Role

Abstract Both loneliness and materialism have been associated with decrement in one’s life satisfaction. However, the relationship between loneliness, materialism, and life satisfaction has not been explored in the Western context. Therefore, the present study addresses two issues: (1) the relationship between loneliness and life satisfaction taking into account the mediating role of materialism and (2) the moderating role of gender in the aforementioned mediation model. A research model was proposed. To test the proposed model, data were collected via an online survey administered to U.S. nationals convenience sample (N = 312). Structural equation modeling was used to test the proposed model. Loneliness was negatively related to life satisfaction and positively related to materialism. Contrary to the expectation, materialism was positively related to life satisfaction. Materialism mediated the relationship between loneliness and life satisfaction. Gender did not moderate the relationship between loneliness and materialism, whereas gender did moderate the relationship between materialism and life satisfaction.

Download Full-text

The Role of Career Self-Efficacy on the Effect of Parental Career Behaviors on Career Exploration: A Study on School of Tourism and Hotel Management’ Students

European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies ◽

10.26417/ejms.v3i1.p143-154 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 143 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Selahattin Kanten ◽

Pelin Kanten ◽

Murat Yeşiltaş

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Career Exploration ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Survey Method ◽

Hotel Management ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Impact

This study aims to investigate the impact of parental career behaviors on undergraduate student’s career exploration and the mediating role of career self-efficacy. In the literature it is suggested that some social and individual factors facilitate students’ career exploration. Therefore, parental career behaviors and career self-efficacy is considered as predictors of student’s career exploration attitudes within the scope of the study. In this respect, data which are collected from 405 undergraduate students having an education on tourism and hotel management field by the survey method are analyzed by using the structural equation modeling. The results of the study indicate that parental career behaviors which are addressed support; interference and lack of engagement have a significant effect on student’s career exploration behaviors such as intended-systematic exploration, environment exploration and self-exploration. In addition, it has been found that one of the dimensions of parental career behaviors addressed as a lack of engagement has a significant effect on career self-efficacy levels of students. However, research results indicate that student’s career self-efficacy has a significant effect on only the self-exploration dimension. On the other hand, career self-efficacy has a partial mediating role between lack of engagement attitudes of parents and career exploration behaviors of students.

Download Full-text

Gender and Organizational Conflict Management: The Mediating Role of Personality

10.31234/osf.io/zewmr ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Maciej Kościelniak ◽

Jarosław Piotrowski ◽

Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska

Keyword(s):

Conflict Management ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Online Survey ◽

Conflict Behavior ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Conflict Management Styles ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Big Five Model

Many authors examined the interplay between gender and conflict management preferences, but those findings were often mixed and inconsistent. In the current paper we tried to explain those inconsistencies by investigating the mediating role of personality for the relationship of gender and conflict management. Rahim's inventory was used for identifying five conflict management styles, and Big Five Model theory was a base for assessing participants' personality traits. Data were collected from a sample of 1,055 working Poles (52.7% women), in an online survey. Based on the structural equation modeling we detected multiple indirect mediating paths of gender on conflict management via personality traits, while no direct effect of gender was observed. Despite some limitations, the study sheds light on the actual role of gender in conflict behavior and the importance of personality traits in the conflict management, both from a theoretical and practical perspective.

Download Full-text