Predicting Mental Vitality Based on Attachment Styles Mediated by Psychological Capital in Women with High Body Mass Index

Subject Areas : Woman and family

Katayoon Maghazehee ¹ , Mahdi Zare bahramabadi ² , Fariborz Bagheri ³

1 - M.A. Student in Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associated Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Institute for Research and Development in the Humanities, SAMT, Tehran, Iran (corresponding author), Email: [e-mail]
3 - Associated Professor, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2022-04-14 Accepted : 2022-05-23 Published : 2023-05-22

Keywords: psychological capital, attachment styles, Obesity, mental vitality,

Abstract :

One of the psychological needs of human beings is mental vitality, which has a major impact on people's lives. The aim of this study was to predict mental vitality based on attachment styles mediated by psychological capital in women with high body mass index. The present study was a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all women members of the Anonymous Eating Association in Tehran between 1398 and 1400. The sampling method in this study was non-random and available. The sample size was 200 people. Data collection was used by Deci and Ryan's Subjective Vitality Scale (1977), Luthans's Psychological Capital Questionnaire (2007) and Collins and Reed's revised adult attachment scale (1990). Path analysis method was used to analyze the data. Findings showed that mental vitality is predicted based on attachment styles mediated by psychological capital in women with high body mass index. Attachment styles and psychological capital include resilience, hope, optimism, and self-efficacy.Conflict of interest: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this manuscript.

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