The Role of Attachment Styles and Cognitive Emotion Regulation in Predicting the Tendency to High-Risk Behaviors in Adolescents
International Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences,
Vol. 10 No. 1 (2023),
26 July 2023
,
Page 1-8
https://doi.org/10.22037/ijabs.v9i4.34259
Abstract
Background and Aim:One of the most important predictors of adolescents' tendency to high-risk behaviors are related to psychological factors. Attachment style has provided a useful framework for promoting useful representations from parent to child that is rooted in the mother-fetus relationship and has lasting effects on emotional regulation. To date, the role of attachment styles and cognitive emotional regulation in predicting the tendency to high-risk behaviors in Iranian adolescent girls has not been studied.
Materials and Methods:In a cross-sectional study conducted from October to December 2019, 375 girls referred to the Drop In Center (DIC) in Tehran were selected to participate in the study using multi-stage cluster sampling method. Participants entered the study process after obtaining informed consent and meeting the necessary criteria. Three questionnaires of cognitive emotional regulation, risk-taking and attachment were utilized in this study and Data was analyzed through multiple regression analysis test.
Results:The results showed that the correlation between attachment styles and cognitive regulation in the two di
Background and Aim:One of the most important predictors of adolescents' tendency to high-risk behaviors are related to psychological factors. Attachment style has provided a useful framework for promoting useful representations from parent to child that is rooted in the mother-fetus relationship and has lasting effects on emotional regulation. To date, the role of attachment styles and cognitive emotional regulation in predicting the tendency to high-risk behaviors in Iranian adolescent girls has not been studied.
Materials and Methods:In a cross-sectional study conducted from October to December 2019, 375 girls referred to the Drop In Center (DIC) in Tehran were selected to participate in the study using multi-stage cluster sampling method. Participants entered the study process after obtaining informed consent and meeting the necessary criteria. Three questionnaires of cognitive emotional regulation, risk-taking and attachment were utilized in this study and Data was analyzed through multiple regression analysis test.
Results:The results showed that the correlation between attachment styles and cognitive regulation in the two dimensions of blaming others and coping and acceptance with high-risk behaviors was significant (P<0.05). Also, from three attachment styles, ambivalent attachment style, and from the four dimensions of cognitive emotional regulation, blaming others dimension, predicted the most changes in high-risk behaviors (all P’s<0.001).
Conclusion:The findings of this study indicate a complex relationship between the three indices of attachment, emotional regulation, and high-risk behaviors. Attachment and emotion regulationin young people reduce high-risk behaviors. These findings can be associated with several clinical applications in designing of macro-level preventive interventions.
mensions of blaming others and coping and acceptance with high-risk behaviors was significant (P<0.05). Also, from three attachment styles, ambivalent attachment style, and from the four dimensions of cognitive emotional regulation, blaming others dimension, predicted the most changes in high-risk behaviors (all P’s<0.001).
Conclusion:The findings of this study indicate a complex relationship between the three indices of attachment, emotional regulation, and high-risk behaviors. Attachment and emotion regulationin young people reduce high-risk behaviors. These findings can be associated with several clinical applications in designing of macro-level preventive interventions.
- Attachment, Emotional regulation, High risk behavior,Adolescent, Girls
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