Relationship between Attachment Orientation and Emotion Regulation Strategies of Female College Students:The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation Goals
Emotional regulation strategies are the core of successfully regulating emotions and the key to maintaining mental health.To explore the relationship between attachment,the goals and strategies of emotional regulation,this study surveyed 774 female college students using the Intimate Relationship Experience Scale,Emotional Regulation Goals Scale,and Emotional Regulation Questionnaire.The results have the following indications.First,attachment ori-entation is significantly correlated with emotional regulation strategies.Attachment avoidance is significantly inversely correlated with cognitive reappraisal strategies,and significantly positively correlated with expression inhibition and non adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies;Attachment anxiety is significantly positively correlated with expres-sion inhibition strategies and non adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies,while there is a weak but significant positive correlation with adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies.Second,attachment orientation is significantly correlated with emotional regulation goals.There is a notable positive correlation between attachment avoidance and an-ti hedonic goals;Attachment anxiety is significantly positively correlated with anti hedonic goals,impression manage-ment goals,and pro-social goals.Third,attachment orientation has a remarkable impact on emotional regulation strate-gies.Emotional regulation goals play a significant mediating role between attachment orientation and emotional regula-tion strategies.Future research may use longitudinal experimental designs and integrate multimodal experimental methods to more precisely distinguish experimental contexts.From the perspective of the interaction between context and individual traits,a multi-factor model can be established to examine the relationship between attachment and emo-tion regulation.Future intervention studies can also focus on individuals with different attachment orientations and in-fluence their emotion regulation goals to guide them in selecting the most suitable or effective emotion regulation strat-egies,in order to achieve optimal emotion regulation outcomes.
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