Adolescents social anxiety :the role of attachment styles and cognitive emotion regulation strategies

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Jafar Hasani ¹ , Reyhaneh Sheikhan ² , Elmira Aryanakia ³ , Akram Mahmoodzadeh ⁴

1 - PhD Kharazmi University Tehran-Iran
2 - MA in Clinical Psychology
3 - MA in Clinical Psychology
4 - MA in Clinical Psychology

Received: 2015-06-01 Accepted : 2015-06-01 Published : 2013-06-22

Keywords: attachment styles, social anxiety, cognitive emotion regulation, adolescents,

Abstract :

the aim of this study was to determine the role of attachment styles and cognitive emotion regulation strategies in adolescents'social anxiety. Three hundred high school students (125 boys and 175 girls) were selected by multistage cluster sampling method and answered Attachment Styles Scale (Collins & Read, 1990), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Garnefski, Kraaij & Spinhoven, 2002) and Adolescent's Social Anxiety Scale (LaGerca & Lopez, 1998). Results obtained from stepwise regression analysis indicated the significant role of ambivalent and secure attachment styles in predicting social anxiety components. Furthermore, it was found that social anxiety was predicted by the components of maladaptive cognitive emotion (i.e., rumination, self-blame and catastrophizing strategies) and the components of adaptive strategies (i.e., reappraisal and putting into perspective and refocusing on planning strategies). Therefore the results supported the effects of insecure attachment styles and ineffective coping strategies on social anxiety