Moderating role of insecure attachment styles in the relationship between spiritual compatibility with spiritual growth and psychological distress in university students who experienced emotional failure

Introduction: This study aimed to determine mediating role of insecure attachment styles on relationship between spiritual compatibility with spiritual growth and psychological distress in university students who experienced emotional failure. Materials and Methods: The statistical community of this...

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Main Authors: Abbas Amanelahi, Safa Safaei Moghadam, Manochehr Taghipour
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Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2022-05-01
Series:Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health
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Online Access:https://jfmh.mums.ac.ir/article_20068_cddbfa3d78c426f885a079d5dd50a3cf.pdf
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author Abbas Amanelahi
Safa Safaei Moghadam
Manochehr Taghipour
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Manochehr Taghipour
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description Introduction: This study aimed to determine mediating role of insecure attachment styles on relationship between spiritual compatibility with spiritual growth and psychological distress in university students who experienced emotional failure. Materials and Methods: The statistical community of this study consisted of all male students in Ahvaz universities who experienced emotional failure in their relationships with girls. Among them, 200 men were selected by the purposeful sampling method. The research instruments included spiritual compatibility questionnaire, spiritual assessment inventory, revised attachment styles questionnaire, and psychological distress questionnaire. Data analyzed through SPSS-21, regression, and simple correlation method. Results: The results showed that there is a significant relation between spiritual compatibility with spiritual growth (P= 0.001, r= 0.58) and also there is a negative relation between spiritual compatibility and psychological distress (P= 0.001, r= -0.17). Also the results of mediating regression showed that insecure attachment style mediate the relation between spiritual compatibility with spiritual growth (P= 0.05, β= -1.12) but insecure attachment style does not mediate the relation between spiritual compatibility and psychological distress (P= 0.96, β= 0.03). Conclusion: According to the results, spiritual compatibility plays a role in spiritual growth and mental health. Insecure attachment style has a moderating role in the relationship between spiritual compatibility and spiritual growth.
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spelling doaj.art-a3ef931d4a7e4497927710e3fbb8dae52022-12-22T04:03:13ZengMashhad University of Medical SciencesJournal of Fundamentals of Mental Health1028-69181684-43002022-05-0124315316010.22038/jfmh.2022.2006820068Moderating role of insecure attachment styles in the relationship between spiritual compatibility with spiritual growth and psychological distress in university students who experienced emotional failureAbbas Amanelahi0Safa Safaei Moghadam1Manochehr Taghipour2Associate professor, Department of Counseling, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, IranMA. in counseling, Department of Counseling, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.MA, Instructor, Department of Counseling, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.Introduction: This study aimed to determine mediating role of insecure attachment styles on relationship between spiritual compatibility with spiritual growth and psychological distress in university students who experienced emotional failure. Materials and Methods: The statistical community of this study consisted of all male students in Ahvaz universities who experienced emotional failure in their relationships with girls. Among them, 200 men were selected by the purposeful sampling method. The research instruments included spiritual compatibility questionnaire, spiritual assessment inventory, revised attachment styles questionnaire, and psychological distress questionnaire. Data analyzed through SPSS-21, regression, and simple correlation method. Results: The results showed that there is a significant relation between spiritual compatibility with spiritual growth (P= 0.001, r= 0.58) and also there is a negative relation between spiritual compatibility and psychological distress (P= 0.001, r= -0.17). Also the results of mediating regression showed that insecure attachment style mediate the relation between spiritual compatibility with spiritual growth (P= 0.05, β= -1.12) but insecure attachment style does not mediate the relation between spiritual compatibility and psychological distress (P= 0.96, β= 0.03). Conclusion: According to the results, spiritual compatibility plays a role in spiritual growth and mental health. Insecure attachment style has a moderating role in the relationship between spiritual compatibility and spiritual growth.https://jfmh.mums.ac.ir/article_20068_cddbfa3d78c426f885a079d5dd50a3cf.pdfattachment stylespsychological distressspiritual compatibilityspiritual growth
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Manochehr Taghipour
Moderating role of insecure attachment styles in the relationship between spiritual compatibility with spiritual growth and psychological distress in university students who experienced emotional failure
Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health
attachment styles
psychological distress
spiritual compatibility
spiritual growth
title Moderating role of insecure attachment styles in the relationship between spiritual compatibility with spiritual growth and psychological distress in university students who experienced emotional failure
title_full Moderating role of insecure attachment styles in the relationship between spiritual compatibility with spiritual growth and psychological distress in university students who experienced emotional failure
title_fullStr Moderating role of insecure attachment styles in the relationship between spiritual compatibility with spiritual growth and psychological distress in university students who experienced emotional failure
title_full_unstemmed Moderating role of insecure attachment styles in the relationship between spiritual compatibility with spiritual growth and psychological distress in university students who experienced emotional failure
title_short Moderating role of insecure attachment styles in the relationship between spiritual compatibility with spiritual growth and psychological distress in university students who experienced emotional failure
title_sort moderating role of insecure attachment styles in the relationship between spiritual compatibility with spiritual growth and psychological distress in university students who experienced emotional failure
topic attachment styles
psychological distress
spiritual compatibility
spiritual growth
url https://jfmh.mums.ac.ir/article_20068_cddbfa3d78c426f885a079d5dd50a3cf.pdf
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