Attachment Style and Rejection Sensitivity: The Mediating Effect of Self-Esteem and Worry Among Iranian College Students
The present study evaluated the relations between anxious attachment styles and rejection sensitivity, and the potential mediating role of self-esteem and worry. A sample of 125 Iranian college students completed surveys assessing rejection sensitivity, attachment style, worry and self-esteem. Struc...
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| author | Samira Khoshkam Fatemeh Bahrami S. Ahmad Ahmadi Maryam Fatehizade Ozra Etemadi |
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| description | The present study evaluated the relations between anxious attachment styles and rejection sensitivity, and the potential mediating role of self-esteem and worry. A sample of 125 Iranian college students completed surveys assessing rejection sensitivity, attachment style, worry and self-esteem. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analyses were conducted. Results show that there is a significant positive relationship between anxious attachment styles and rejection sensitivity. The study suggests that a higher score in anxious attachment styles is associated with a higher level of worry and lower level of self-esteem and it is also associated with higher level of rejection sensitivity. Furthermore, there is a positive significant relationship between worry and rejection sensitivity and there is a negative significant relationship between self-esteem and rejection sensitivity. Results indicate that self-esteem and worry mediate the relationship between anxious attachment styles and rejection sensitivity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d7fb339cae4e4cc4b734f51d83f618322023-01-03T03:49:54ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyEurope's Journal of Psychology1841-04132012-08-018336337410.5964/ejop.v8i3.463ejop.v8i3.463Attachment Style and Rejection Sensitivity: The Mediating Effect of Self-Esteem and Worry Among Iranian College StudentsSamira Khoshkam0Fatemeh Bahrami1S. Ahmad Ahmadi2Maryam Fatehizade3Ozra Etemadi4University of Isfahan, Isfahan, IranUniversity of Isfahan, Isfahan, IranUniversity of Isfahan, Isfahan, IranUniversity of Isfahan, Isfahan, IranUniversity of Isfahan, Isfahan, IranThe present study evaluated the relations between anxious attachment styles and rejection sensitivity, and the potential mediating role of self-esteem and worry. A sample of 125 Iranian college students completed surveys assessing rejection sensitivity, attachment style, worry and self-esteem. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analyses were conducted. Results show that there is a significant positive relationship between anxious attachment styles and rejection sensitivity. The study suggests that a higher score in anxious attachment styles is associated with a higher level of worry and lower level of self-esteem and it is also associated with higher level of rejection sensitivity. Furthermore, there is a positive significant relationship between worry and rejection sensitivity and there is a negative significant relationship between self-esteem and rejection sensitivity. Results indicate that self-esteem and worry mediate the relationship between anxious attachment styles and rejection sensitivity.http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/463rejection sensitivityattachment styleworryself-esteemcollege students |
| spellingShingle | Samira Khoshkam Fatemeh Bahrami S. Ahmad Ahmadi Maryam Fatehizade Ozra Etemadi Attachment Style and Rejection Sensitivity: The Mediating Effect of Self-Esteem and Worry Among Iranian College Students Europe's Journal of Psychology rejection sensitivity attachment style worry self-esteem college students |
| title | Attachment Style and Rejection Sensitivity: The Mediating Effect of Self-Esteem and Worry Among Iranian College Students |
| title_full | Attachment Style and Rejection Sensitivity: The Mediating Effect of Self-Esteem and Worry Among Iranian College Students |
| title_fullStr | Attachment Style and Rejection Sensitivity: The Mediating Effect of Self-Esteem and Worry Among Iranian College Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attachment Style and Rejection Sensitivity: The Mediating Effect of Self-Esteem and Worry Among Iranian College Students |
| title_short | Attachment Style and Rejection Sensitivity: The Mediating Effect of Self-Esteem and Worry Among Iranian College Students |
| title_sort | attachment style and rejection sensitivity the mediating effect of self esteem and worry among iranian college students |
| topic | rejection sensitivity attachment style worry self-esteem college students |
| url | http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/463 |
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