The relationship between insecure attachment styles and suicidal ideation: Investigating the mediating role of difficulty in emotion regulation among Iranian students

Seyed Hamed Sadjadpour | Mohammadreza Shaeiri | Lella Heydarinasab | Mohammad Gholami Fesharak

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URL :   http://research.shahed.ac.ir/WSR/WebPages/Report/PaperView.aspx?PaperID=169635
Date :  2022/05/22
Publish in :    روان شناسي مدرسه

Link :  http://jsp.uma.ac.ir/article_1572.html?lang=en
Keywords :Insecure attachment styles Suicidal ideation Difficulty in emotion regulation Students

Abstract :

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between insecure attachment styles and suicidal ideation with the mediating role of difficulty in emotion regulation In students with suicidal ideation. Methods: The research method is correlation based on structural relationships (structural equation modeling based on PLS). The study population consisted of second high school students who referred to psychiatric clinics of North Khorasan province with suicidal ideation. The sample consisted of76 students who were selected by available sampling method. In this study, attachment style, difficulty in emotion regulation and Beck suicidal ideation questionnaires were used. Results: The results confirmed the mediating role of difficulty in emotion regulation in the relationship between avoidant attachment and suicidal ideation (T = 2.36, P 0.05). Also, difficulty in emotion regulation was able to mediate the relationship between anxiety attachment and suicidal ideation (T =2.52, P 0.05). Conclusion: The result of this study is that screening and treatment of difficulty in emotion regulation can be beneficial for suicidal individuals.