Investigating the Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation in the Relationship between Attachment Styles and Emotional Literacy with a Tendency to Extramarital Relationships
Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy
Nastaran Shalchian Pourkhaljan
1
,
Javanshir Asadi
2
,
Ramazan Hassanzadeh
3
,
Afsaneh Khajevand Khoshali
4
1 - PhD student, Department of Psychology, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran.
3 - Professor, Department of Psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran
Keywords: attachment, emotion regulation, extramarital affairs, emotional literacy,
Abstract :
Purpose: The tendency to extramarital relationships is most critical issues for couples and it seems that marital relationships are formed based on attachment and emotion and regulate it is integral part of this relationship. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation in the relationship between attachment styles and emotional literacy with a tendency to extramarital relationships.Methodology: The research method was correlational. The statistical population included a population of approximately 10,000 women with experience of infidelity of husbands who in 2019 referred to the family court and counseling centers and psychological services in Tehran. According to Morgan and krejcie table, 373 people were selected by cluster sampling. The research tools were; attitudes toward infidelity scale of Whatley (2008), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire of Garnfsky et al (2001), Emotional literacy subscale from the scale of psychological functions of Iranian family of Kimiaei et al. (2012) and Adult Attachment Questionnaire of Hazan and Shawar (1987). Data analysis was performed using structural equations and SPSS-25 and Amos-24 software.Findings: The research model had a good fit. The direct effect of attachment styles was significant on the tendency to extrasensory relationships (P<0.01). Was significant indirect effect of attachment styles and emotional literacy mediated by negative emotion regulation and the indirect effect of avoidant attachment mediated by positive emotion regulation on the tendency to extramarital relationships (P<0.05).Conclusion: Increasing cognitive emotion regulation based on attachment and emotional literacy can be way to reduce tendency to extramarital relationships.
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