THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATTACHMENT AND COPING STYLES WITH EMOTION DYSREGULATION IN ADOLESCENCE

Emotion regulation plays a significant role on the emotions and behavior of
adolescents. According to the role of attachment and efficacy of coping styles in development of
emotion regulation skills, the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between
attachment styles and coping styles with emotion Dysregulation in adolescents.
Materials & Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 200 students that were selected from
5291 male and female students of second and third grade of high schools in Talesh city. All
participants were asked to fill Emotion Dysregulation Scale (DERS), Parents and Peers Adolescent
attachment to Inventory (IPPA-R) and Coping Styles Questionnaire (CSQ). The data were analyzed
using mean standard deviation, Pearson correlation and step by step regression.
Results: The result of step by step regression analysis revealed that there was a negative and
significant relationship between emotional dysregulation with attachment to mother, attachment to
father and peers. Also, the relationship of emotional dysregulation was negatively associated with
task-oriented coping style but had a positive and significant relationship with Emotion-oriented coping
strategies. According of step by step regression analysis, mother and peer attachment and emotionoriented
coping could predict 24 percent of emotional dysregulation variance.
Conclusion: The making attachment to parents and peers and coping styles efficiently are important
factors that are involved in emotion dysregulation in adolescences