Norouzian R, Khanmohammadi A, Khanehkeshi A. (2025). Structural relationships of attachment styles with social anxiety in teenagers addicted to internet games: the mediating role of emotional regulation.
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14(3), 143-152.
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1- PhD student in General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran.
2- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran. , ar.khanmohammadi@gmail.com
3- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Behbahan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Behbahan, Iran.
Abstract: (98 Views)
The present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation in the relationship between attachment styles and social anxiety in teenagers addicted to internet games. The method of descriptive-correlation research was structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this research was formed by all the first-year high school students of Babol city in 2023. The number of sample people was 310 people who were selected by an available sampling method. The tools used are adolescent social anxiety questionnaires (Lajerka, 1999, SAS-A), attachment styles (Simpson, 1990, AAI), Golen et al.'s cognitive emotion regulation (2012, ERQ-CA), and game addiction. Internet (Wang et al., 2002, GAS). Data analysis was done by the structural equation method. The findings showed that the tested model has a good fit. The findings showed that avoidant and ambivalent attachment styles had a significant relationship with social anxiety directly and positively, and secure attachment style had a negative and direct relationship (p<0.05). Also, in the relationship between attachment styles and social anxiety in teenagers addicted to internet games, the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation was reported to be significant (P<0.05). It can be concluded that the cognitive regulation of emotion plays a mediating role in the relationship between attachment styles and social anxiety in teenagers addicted to internet games.
Type of Article:
Research |
Subject:
General Psychology Received: 2024/09/12 | Accepted: 2024/11/5 | ePublished: 2025/05/31