A structural model in explaining the relationship between attachment styles and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in female students of Talented( Farzangan) high schools based on the mediating role of self-compassion

Subject Areas : general Psychology

Fereshteh Najjarpoor ¹ , Mahmood Sharifi Esfahani ^{2 *}

1 - Master of Family Counseling, Counseling Department, Khomeini Shahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeini Shahr, Isfahan, Iran. [e-mail]
2 - (Corresponding Author) PhD in Family Counseling, Assistant Professor, Counseling Department, Khomeini Shahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeini Shahr, Isfahan, Iran, [e-mail], tell: 09132172196

Received: 2024-04-27 Accepted : 2024-07-31 Published : 2025-12-22

Keywords: attachment styles, self-compassion, Symptoms of obsessive-compulsive,

Abstract :

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Abstract Introduction: Considering the importance of the occurrence of obsessive-compulsive symptoms among students in terms of the fact that it affects their academic, behavioral and social performance and its prevalence, the present study aims to provide a structural model to explain the relationship between attachment styles and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Intellectual-practical in adolescent girls of gifted schools (Farzangan) took place with the mediating role of self-compassion. Researh method: This study is of correlational type, and the structural equation method (Amos26) was used to analyze the data. The statistical population of this research included the female students of the first and second year of Farzanegan Khomeinishahr schools in the academic year of 1402-1401, from which 220 people were selected as a Maudsley was used by Hodgson-Rachman, the 26-question self-compassion questionnaire by Neff et al. and the attachment questionnaire by Collins and Reed. Results: The results of the research showed that the total path coefficient (sum of direct and indirect path coefficients) between anxious attachment and obsessive-compulsive symptoms (β= 0.371, P=0.001)was positive and the total path coefficient between secure attachment and obsessive-compulsive symptoms (β=-0.398, P=0.001) is negative and significant. The path coefficient between self-compassion and obsessive-compulsive symptoms (β=-0.429, P=0.001) was also negative and significant. Conclusion: the results based on the proposed model showed that self-compassion has a significant mediating role in the relationship between secure and anxious attachment styles with obsessive-compulsive symptoms. By emphasizing the indicators of self-compassion as much as possible, the intensity of the symptoms of intellectual-practical obsession in gifted school students can be reduced. © 2020 The Author(s). This work is published by family and health as an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted, provided the original work is properly cited.

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