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Attachment Style and Rejection Sensitivity: The Mediating Effect of Self-Esteem and Worry Among Iranian College Students

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Khoshkam, Samira
Bahrami, Fatemeh
Ahmadi, S. Ahmad
Fatehizade, Maryam
Etemadi, Ozra

Abstract / Description

The present study evaluated the relations between anxious attachment styles and rejection sensitivity, and the potential mediating role of self-esteem and worry. A sample of 125 Iranian college students completed surveys assessing rejection sensitivity, attachment style, worry and self-esteem. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analyses were conducted. Results show that there is a significant positive relationship between anxious attachment styles and rejection sensitivity. The study suggests that a higher score in anxious attachment styles is associated with a higher level of worry and lower level of self-esteem and it is also associated with higher level of rejection sensitivity. Furthermore, there is a positive significant relationship between worry and rejection sensitivity and there is a negative significant relationship between self-esteem and rejection sensitivity. Results indicate that self-esteem and worry mediate the relationship between anxious attachment styles and rejection sensitivity.

Keyword(s)

rejection sensitivity attachment style worry self-esteem college students

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Date of first publication

2012-08-29

Journal title

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volume

8

Issue

3

Page numbers

363–374

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

Review status

peerReviewed

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Khoshkam, S., Bahrami, F., Ahmadi, S. A., Fatehizade, M., & Etemadi, O. (2012). Attachment Style and Rejection Sensitivity: The Mediating Effect of Self-Esteem and Worry Among Iranian College Students. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 8(3), 363–374. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v8i3.463
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Khoshkam, Samira
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Bahrami, Fatemeh
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Ahmadi, S. Ahmad
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Fatehizade, Maryam
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Etemadi, Ozra
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-21T10:00:39Z
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    2018-11-21T10:00:39Z
  • Date of first publication
    2012-08-29
  • Abstract / Description
    The present study evaluated the relations between anxious attachment styles and rejection sensitivity, and the potential mediating role of self-esteem and worry. A sample of 125 Iranian college students completed surveys assessing rejection sensitivity, attachment style, worry and self-esteem. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analyses were conducted. Results show that there is a significant positive relationship between anxious attachment styles and rejection sensitivity. The study suggests that a higher score in anxious attachment styles is associated with a higher level of worry and lower level of self-esteem and it is also associated with higher level of rejection sensitivity. Furthermore, there is a positive significant relationship between worry and rejection sensitivity and there is a negative significant relationship between self-esteem and rejection sensitivity. Results indicate that self-esteem and worry mediate the relationship between anxious attachment styles and rejection sensitivity.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Khoshkam, S., Bahrami, F., Ahmadi, S. A., Fatehizade, M., & Etemadi, O. (2012). Attachment Style and Rejection Sensitivity: The Mediating Effect of Self-Esteem and Worry Among Iranian College Students. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 8(3), 363–374. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v8i3.463
  • ISSN
    1841-0413
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1144
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1336
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v8i3.463
  • Keyword(s)
    rejection sensitivity
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  • Keyword(s)
    attachment style
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  • Keyword(s)
    worry
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  • Keyword(s)
    self-esteem
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  • Keyword(s)
    college students
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Attachment Style and Rejection Sensitivity: The Mediating Effect of Self-Esteem and Worry Among Iranian College Students
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    3
  • Journal title
    Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Page numbers
    363–374
  • Volume
    8
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