Structural pattern of the relationship between parent-child relation patterns and early maladaptive schemas with the mediating role of attachment styles

Aim: Aim of present study was to determine the mediating role of attachment styles in relationship between parent-child relation patterns and early maladaptive schemas. Method: Method was a correlational study and statistical population included all the students of all branches of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran during 2017-2018 academic year (N=196,100). Using multi-stage cluster sampling method, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Faculty of Basic Sciences and Faculty of Engineering were selected and considering Mishel s (1993) suggestion and a ratio of 10-20 subjects per variable and probable attrition, the sample size was set at 420 individuals. To collect the data, Bagheri s (2012) Parent-child Relation Pattern Inventory, Young’s (1998) Schema Questionnaire-short form and Hazen & Shaver’s (1987) Adult Attachment Styles Questionnaire were used and after discarding 58 distorted questionnaires, the data wasanalyzed using structural equation modeling method. Results: The findings showed that structural pattern of the research fits well and only ambivalent attachment style can mediate the relationship between Liberal-based relation pattern and disconnection and rejection (β= 0.229), impaired autonomy and performance (β= 0.241), impaired limits (β= 0.150), other-directedness (β= 0.208) and over-vigilance/inhibition schemas (β= 0.159) and also between secure-based pattern (β= 0.375) and disconnection and rejection (β= 0.396), impaired autonomy and performance (β= 0.246), impaired limits (β= 0.340), other directedness and over-vigilance/inhibition schemas (β= 0.260) at 0.01confidence level. Conclusion: These results imply that through teaching proper relation patterns of parent-child, we can prevent the formation of maladaptive schemas and avoid its resulting damages.

کلیدواژه ها:

attachment ، schemas ، relationship ، parent-child