The Mediating Effect of Grit on the Relationship between Parental Attachment and Adolescent Happiness

The ideas that religion capitalizes on the operation of the attachment system and that believers’ perceived relationships with God can be characterized as symbolic attachment relationships have been well established in the psychology of religion. This study aims to explore the relationships between early caregiver experiences and religious and spiritual struggle and whether loving, distant, and cruel God images are mediators of these relationships. The Experiences in Close Relationship Scale, God Image Scale, and Religious and Spiritual Struggle Scale were applied to the research. Correlations of parent–child attachment with religious and spiritual struggle measures support a correspondence between working models of parents and God. The study has shown that a distant God is a mediator of the relationship between avoidant attachment to one’s parents and divine, meaning making, and religious doubt struggle. A cruel God is a mediator in the relationship between avoidant attachment to one’s parents and interpersonal struggle.

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The Mediating Effect of Family of Origin’s Strength in the Relationship between Parental Attachment and Children's Problem Drinking

Family and Family Therapy ◽

10.21479/kaft.2015.23.1.273 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 273-289

Author(s):

이승진 ◽

이인수

Keyword(s):

Parental Attachment ◽

Problem Drinking ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

The Relationship

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The Mediating Effect of the satisfaction of Basic Psychological Needs on the Relationship between Undergraduate Students‘ Parental Attachment and College Life Adjustment

Family and Environment Research ◽

10.6115/fer.2021.040 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 59 (4) ◽

pp. 569-580

Author(s):

Seul Lee ◽

Jin Ah Choi

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Parental Attachment ◽

Psychological Needs ◽

Basic Psychological Needs ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Hierarchical Regression ◽

College Life ◽

The Relationship ◽

College Life Adjustment

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effect of the satisfaction of basic psychological needs on the relationship between college students’ parental attachment and college life adjustment. Participants comprised 235 college students enrolled in five universities located in the Gwangju and Jeonnam areas. To assess the mediating effects, correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis were performed using SPSS 25.0. The results were as follows: first, significant positive correlations were observed between parental attachment, satisfaction of basic psychological needs, and college life adjustment; second, satisfaction of basic psychological needs partially mediated the relationship between parental attachment and college life adjustment. This indicates that the satisfaction of basic psychological needs – such as autonomy, competence, and relatedness – is extremely important in enabling college students to adjust to college life.

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