Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran.
2 Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran
3 Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation in the relationship between attachment styles and attitudes towards marriage. This was an applied and correlational study based on structural equation modeling. The population of this study included all single young of Isfahan uinversity; a total of 310 participants were selected using available sampling method. Data were gathered using attachment style questionnaire (Besharat, 2014), cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire (Garnevsky et al. 2001), and attitude toward marriage questionnaire (Bratin and Rosen, 1998), and were analyzed using structural equation modeling via AMOS-26 software. The results showed that secure attachment style has a positive relationship with realistic attitude towards marriage and avoidant and ambivalent attachment styles have a negative and significant relationship with realistic attitude towards marriage. A significant positive relationship was observed between the compromise strategy in emotion regulation and realistic attitude towards marriage. Also, the uncompromising strategy had a significant negative relationship with the realistic attitude towards marriage and a significant positive relationship with the pessimistic attitude towards marriage (p<.01). Also, the findings showed that cognitive emotion regulation plays a mediating role in the relationship between attachment styles and attitudes towards marriage. In general, it can be said that people who have a secure attachment style can regulate their emotions properly and ultimately have a positive attitude towards marriage, which can be considered in premarital counseling.
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