The mediating role of identity status in the relationship between attachment styles and addiction to social media in the high school students

The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of identity status in the relationship between attachment styles and addiction to social media in high school students in Meybod (Iran). The study method was descriptive-correlational and the statistical population was 1610 male and female...

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Main Authors: Azadeh Fallah, Yaser Rezapour Mirsaleh, Alireza Pak Gohar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Hormozgan 2022-03-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Educational Research
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Online Access:http://ijer.hormozgan.ac.ir/article-1-42-en.pdf
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author Azadeh Fallah
Yaser Rezapour Mirsaleh
Alireza Pak Gohar
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description The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of identity status in the relationship between attachment styles and addiction to social media in high school students in Meybod (Iran). The study method was descriptive-correlational and the statistical population was 1610 male and female high school students of Meybod in 2021. Participants were 310 students whom selected by random cluster sampling (197 girls and 113 boys). Data were collected using Collins and Read Revised Adult Attachment Scale, Waltz etal. Social Media Addiction Questionnaire and Berzonsky Identity Styles Questionnaire. The model was analyzed by structural equation modeling. Results indicated that secure attachment style had a direct and negative effect on addiction to social media (p <0.01), and confused identity had a direct and positive effect on addiction to social media (p <0.01). Also, secure attachment style had an indirect effect on addiction to social media by affecting confused identity (p <0.01). Based on the findings, it can be concluded that confused identity has a significant mediating role in the relationship between secure attachment style and addiction to social media; In other words, secure attachment reduces addiction to social media through confused identity in high school students.
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spelling doaj.art-0b80b7440d6845cbb6be1ec1dd44491e2023-12-27T18:58:52ZengUniversity of HormozganIranian Journal of Educational Research1735-563X2980-874X2022-03-01134764The mediating role of identity status in the relationship between attachment styles and addiction to social media in the high school studentsAzadeh Fallah0Yaser Rezapour Mirsaleh1Alireza Pak Gohar2 MA in Educational Psychology, Payam Noor University, Taft, Iran Associate Professor of Counseling Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Iran Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of identity status in the relationship between attachment styles and addiction to social media in high school students in Meybod (Iran). The study method was descriptive-correlational and the statistical population was 1610 male and female high school students of Meybod in 2021. Participants were 310 students whom selected by random cluster sampling (197 girls and 113 boys). Data were collected using Collins and Read Revised Adult Attachment Scale, Waltz etal. Social Media Addiction Questionnaire and Berzonsky Identity Styles Questionnaire. The model was analyzed by structural equation modeling. Results indicated that secure attachment style had a direct and negative effect on addiction to social media (p <0.01), and confused identity had a direct and positive effect on addiction to social media (p <0.01). Also, secure attachment style had an indirect effect on addiction to social media by affecting confused identity (p <0.01). Based on the findings, it can be concluded that confused identity has a significant mediating role in the relationship between secure attachment style and addiction to social media; In other words, secure attachment reduces addiction to social media through confused identity in high school students.http://ijer.hormozgan.ac.ir/article-1-42-en.pdfidentity statusattachment stylesaddiction to social mediahigh school students
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The mediating role of identity status in the relationship between attachment styles and addiction to social media in the high school students
Iranian Journal of Educational Research
identity status
attachment styles
addiction to social media
high school students
title The mediating role of identity status in the relationship between attachment styles and addiction to social media in the high school students
title_full The mediating role of identity status in the relationship between attachment styles and addiction to social media in the high school students
title_fullStr The mediating role of identity status in the relationship between attachment styles and addiction to social media in the high school students
title_full_unstemmed The mediating role of identity status in the relationship between attachment styles and addiction to social media in the high school students
title_short The mediating role of identity status in the relationship between attachment styles and addiction to social media in the high school students
title_sort mediating role of identity status in the relationship between attachment styles and addiction to social media in the high school students
topic identity status
attachment styles
addiction to social media
high school students
url http://ijer.hormozgan.ac.ir/article-1-42-en.pdf
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