چکیده:
Objective: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relation of coping styles and
attachment styles with social anxiety among high-school students.
Methods: The present study was correlational research. Study population comprised all male and
female students of Kashan high schools. A total of 440 students (196 males and 244 females, aged
from 17 to 18 years in the third or fourth grade of Kashan high schools (academic year 2015-
2016) were selected by cluster sampling method. Data were gathered using social phobia inventory,
coping inventory for stressful situation, and adult attachment inventory. For analyzing the data,
analysis of regression method were used.
Results: There were significant correlations between the social anxiety problem-focused coping
style (r=-0.16, P<0.05), emotion-focused coping style (r=0.40, P<0.01), and avoidance coping
style (r=0.03, N.S). Moreover, results indicated correlations between social anxiety with secure
attachment style (r=-0.10, P<0.05), avoidant attachment style (r=0.23, P<0.01) and ambivalent
attachment style (r=0.26, P<0.01), too. Coping styles (emotion-focused and problem-focused styles)
predicted 19% variation of social anxiety and attachment styles, 11% variation of social anxiety.
Conclusion: Results of this study support the role of coping styles and attachment styles in social
anxiety and show that maladaptive coping strategies predispose people to social anxiety. Also,
insecure-ambivalent attachment people are vulnerable to social anxiety.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"Previous research indicates that parental attachment secu- rity associates with social anxiety, which in turn is connect- ed to relationship quality (Parade, Leerkes, & Blankson, 2009).
People with insecure attachment style experience less social anxiety (Brumariu & Kerns, 2008).
A wealth of evidence indicates that people with ambivalent attachment style have difficult and distressed behaviors and are more socially inhibited than secure or avoidant people (Cassidy & Berlin, 1994).
Avoidant people inability to use the at- tachment figure to cope with negative emotions may cause them to experience anxiety (Brumariu & Kerns, 2008).
Research indicates that indi- viduals with more secure attachments are better at regulat- ing their emotions, constructing coping strategies such as problem solving, and seeking support from others, com- pared to less secure individuals (Cassidy & Berlin, 1994).
Regression analyses of attachment styles with regard to social anxiety Step Predictor Variable B t (View the image of this page)April 2017, Volume 5, Number 2 skills as cognitive and behavioral efforts to meet internal and external needs have been introduced (Eksi, 2004).
Another finding of the present study showed that secure at- tachment has a negative relationship with social anxiety that is in line with previous findings (Hasani, Sheikhan, Aryana- kia, & Mahmoudzadeh, 2013; Parade, et al.
Frequent daily experiences with attachment figures and the consequences of ambivalent and avoidant patterns of at- tachment may explain how people interact in social situa- tions as well as the expectations and emotions they have in social interactions (Brumariu & Kerns, 2008)."