The mediating role of gratitude in the relationship between attachment styles and psychological well-being
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the mediating role of gratitude in the relationship between attachment styles and psychological well-being in students. METHOD: We selected 200 students using randomised cluster sampling in the academic year 2016-2017. They completed the attachment style, psychological well-being and gratitude questionnaires. RESULTS: On path analysis, secure attachment style had a positive relationship with both gratitude and psychological well-being. Conversely, anxiety-avoidance styles had a negative relationship with both outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Gratitude plays a mediating role attachment and psychological well-being. These results may have implications for the development of interventions to improve mental well-being with a focus on enhancing gratitude.
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Anxiety-avoidance attachment is negatively related to a sense of gratitude and lower levels of psychological well-being; secure attachment is positively associated with both outcomes.
“Recently, according to Nourialeagha et al. [31], anxiety-avoidance attachment is negatively related to a sense of gratitude and lower levels of psychological well-being; secure attachment is positively associated with both outcomes.”
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“Regarding the bond between psychological well-being and type of attachment, some studies have discovered that the attachment styles of individuals play a significant role in influencing well-being [20,31,41,44].”
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- Authors
- Nourialeagha, B., Ajilchi, B., & Kisely, S.
- Affiliations
- Islamic Azad University, Tehran (IR)
- Allameh Tabataba'i University (IR)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Kisely, Steve
- Venue
- Australasian Psychiatry
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2020-06-18
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 426-430
- ISSN
- 1039-8562 (ISSN-L)
- 1440-1665
- OpenAlex
- W3035943046
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3
- FWCI
- 1.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Locations
- Australasian Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Keywords
- gratitude, attachment styles, psychological well-being, secure attachment, mediation, university students, mental health interventions
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Anxiety, Emotions, Female, Humans, Iran, Male, Middle Aged, Object Attachment, Surveys and Questionnaires, Students, Young Adult
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