ArticleBMC psychology2023
The mediating role of early maladaptive schemas in the relationship between attachment styles and loneliness.
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- The interplay of attachment styles and early maladaptive schemas across different populations.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Adult attachment, loneliness, and self-reported sleep outcomes: A secondary analysis of the Touch Test Study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Relationships between primal emotional systems and the sense of loneliness: The mediating role of early maladaptive schemas.PloS one · 2026Article
- Maladaptive Thinking Styles and Suicide Cognitions: Serial Mediation of Difficulties in Emotion Regulation and Loneliness.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2025Article
- Basic psychological needs mediate connectedness and meaning in life among Chinese college students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Mediating Role of Early Maladaptive Schemas in the Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Adjustment to Early-Stage Breast Cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundAs with the increasing prevalence of loneliness among college students, it seems necessary to investigate the early grounds of its formation. Therefore, the present study was conducted to examine the relationship between attachment styles and loneliness through the mediating role of early maladaptive schemas (EMS).
methodsThis research was correlational, of structural equations modeling (SEM) type. The statistical population included all the college students of the universities of Kermanshah in the academic year 2020-2021, of whom 338 were selected using convenience sampling. The measures used in this study included DiTomasso et al.'s social and emotional loneliness of adults, Hazan and Shaver's adult attachment, and Young's schema scales. For data analysis, Pearson's correlation coefficient and SEM were used in Lisrel 8.8 and SPSS-22 software.
resultsThe results illustrated that the hypothesized model of the study has a good fit in the studied sample. It was also found that both the avoidant and ambivalent attachment styles are related to loneliness through two EMS of disconnection-rejection and other-directedness.
conclusionsBased on the findings, measures are recommended to increase information regarding the basic and underlying factors affecting loneliness for therapists and psychological specialists.
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