Explaining hypersexual behaviors based on attachment styles, psychological dysregulation, and coping strategies in Iranian adolescents

Subject Areas : Educational

Seyed Ghasem Seyed Hashemi ¹ , Zahra Fathi Ahmadabadi ² , Hassan Yaghoubi ³ , Behnaz Hosseinzadeh Khanmiri ⁴ , Rogayeh Shokrani ⁵

1 - Elementary school teacher & Department of Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Department of Psychology, Naein Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naein, Iran
3 - Corresponding author: Department of Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
4 - Psychologist Social Welfare Emergency Center of Azarshahr county & Department of Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
5 - Department of Psychology, Tabtiz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabtiz, Iran

Received: 2020-02-24 Accepted : 2020-07-26 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: coping strategy, Adolescence, hypersexual behavior, psychological dysregulation, attachment,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was the explaining of hypersexual behaviors based on attachment styles, psychological dysregulation, and coping strategies in Iranian adolescents. The research design was descriptive-correlational and the statistical population included all adolescents active in telegram groups in during 2019 year. Sample size, 380 adolescents were selected via convenience sampling. Data collection by online survey questionnaire of Abbrevaited dysregulation Inventory (Mezzich et al., 2001), Hypersexual Behavior Inventory (Reid et al., 2011), Attachment Inventory (Hazan & Shaver 1987), and Coping Inventory for Stressful Situation (Endler & Parker 1990), and data were analyzed using stepwise multiple regression. The results of stepwise regression analysis showed that emotion-focused coping, insecure avoidant attachment, emotional dysregulation, problem-focused and avoidance coping, behavioral and cognitive dysregulation were able to explain 71% of hypersexual behavior variances in adolescents (p< 0.01). The findings of this study can be interpreted that adolescents with insecure attachment styles are more likely to use hypersexual behaviors as a coping strategy in the face of their psychological dysregulation. 

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