The relationship between attachment styles, emotional schemas and rumination with non-suicidal self-harm among divorced women

Subject Areas : Islamic-Iranian Family Studies Journal

Fariba Azhdari Pileh Rood ¹ , saiedeh masafi ² , Nastaran Mohammadi Farrokhran ³

1 - Faculty of Psychology, Iranian e-University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Psychology, Iranian e-University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Psychology ,Faculty of Education and Psychology , University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2023-12-27 Accepted : 2024-05-30 Published : 2024-06-13

Keywords: attachment styles, emotional schema, rumination, non-suicidal self-harm, divorced women,

Abstract :

One of the topics that has occupied the minds of most thinkers and even the public in recent years is the issue of divorce. Currently, this phenomenon in Iran is a social problem and has created many problems for individuals and families facing divorce. According to the nature of the subject and the desired goals, the present research is correlational descriptive research. The current research population includes all women who referred to counseling centers in Tehran in 1402. From among them, 300 people were selected through targeted and available sampling. Using Nolen Hoeksma and Maro's rumination questionnaire, self-harm (masochism) questionnaire, Leahy's emotional schema standard questionnaire and Collins and Ray's adult attachment style questionnaire and data analysis, it was determined that there is a difference between secure attachment style and non-suicidal self-harm in Divorced women have a significant negative correlation. There is a positive and significant correlation between anxious insecure attachment style, rumination, neurotic defense mechanism and underdeveloped defense mechanism with non-suicidal self-harm in divorced women, and there is no significant correlation between avoidant insecure attachment style and non-suicidal self-harm in divorced women. As a result, considering the family problems in the society and the increase in the rate of divorce, identifying the influential and related factors and planning trainings based on these findings can be effective in preventing non-suicidal thoughts and acts of self-harm.