A pilot study of attachment relationships, psychological problems and negative automatic thoughts among college students in Pakistan

Irfan, Siddrah; Zulkefly, Nor Sheereen

doi:10.1515/ijamh-2019-0264

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“…Our mediation model of automatic thoughts was also consistent with previous studies indicating that automatic thoughts are an important proximal factor, through which an undesirable family environment was linked to physical and mental development (Kazdin, 1990;Hou et al, 2020). Individuals from families with more parental conflicts and undesirable parent-child relationships were more likely to develop characteristics such as low self-evaluation and low self-esteem, which were reflected through individuals' negative automatic thoughts (Irfan and Zulkefly, 2020). These negative cognitive styles would enhance individuals' negative internal working model, it may motivate individuals to employ negative coping skills such as escaping from reality and indulging in virtual mobile phones when they make excessive inferences about negative stimuli (Hjemdal et al, 2013;Irfan and Zulkefly, 2021).…”

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Family cohesion and adaptability reduces mobile phone addiction: the mediating and moderating roles of automatic thoughts and peer attachment

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With the popularity of mobile Internet devices, the incidence of mobile phone addiction has been increasing, which has aroused the concern of all sectors of society. Due to the difficulty of eliminating the risk factors of mobile phone addiction, it’s significant for researchers to examine the function and underlying mechanisms of positive environmental factors in reducing individuals’ mobile phone addiction. Thus, the current study aimed to examine the relationship between family cohesion and adaptability and mobile phone addiction among university students and analyzed the mediating role of automatic thoughts as well as the moderating role of peer attachment in this link. The sample consisted of 958 Chinese university students. Participants completed self-report questionnaires assessing family cohesion and adaptability, mobile phone addiction, automatic thoughts, and peer attachment. PROCESS model 8 was significant (the total effect model (F (5, 952) = 19.64, R2 = 0.09, p < 0.001)). Results indicated that family cohesion and adaptability could not only negatively predict mobile phone addiction directly, but also indirectly through the mediating effect of automatic thoughts. Moreover, both the direct association between family cohesion and adaptability and mobile phone addiction as well as the indirect effect of automatic thoughts were moderated by peer attachment. Findings emphasized the beneficial role of peer attachment on the effect of family cohesion and adaptability on automatic thoughts and mobile phone addiction.

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“…Laible, Carlo, & Roesch (2004) concluded that parental attachment had direct impacts on both male and female college students' self-esteem, whereas peer attachment had indirect impacts on the female students' self-esteem. Irfan & Zulkefly (2020) wrote that among Pakistani college students, maternal and peer attachment had significant negative correlations with depression, anxiety, and automatic thought. Delvecchio et al (2020) reported significant correlations between paternal/maternal attachment levels and self-esteem among Polish adolescents.…”

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Parent Attachment: Assessment, Effects of Gender Difference, and Mediation between Past Perceived Parenting and Mental Health into Adulthood

Uji,

Kawaguchi

2024

PSYCH

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Background: Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) has been widely used in various countries, in examining the effect of parent attachment on later mental health. However, a limited number of studies have verified its psychometric property, in particular, its three-factor structure originally proposed by Armsden & Greenberg. Purposes: This study aimed at examining whether or not the three-factor structure (Trust, Communication, Alienation) of the Japanese version of parent IPPA is valid and examining whether respondents' gender and/or their parents' gender affects their attachment security level. We further studied the hypothesis that parent attachment assessed by IPPA is influenced by past parenting, and will influence later mental health. Methods: Data from the questionnaire survey targeting Japanese college students was used for analyses. The three inventories: IPPA, Authoritarian parenting subscale from Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ), and Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measure (CORE-OM), were used in the analyses of this study. After confirming factor structures of father and mother IPPAs by confirmatory factor analyses (CFA), ANOVAs were conducted to see whether respondent and/or parent gender had effects on the attachment security level. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was conducted to demonstrate the pathways from past parenting to later mental health via parent attachment for men and women respectively. Results: Three-factor structures for both father and mother IPPAs were confirmed by removing one item from the Communication subscale. ANOVAs showed that, concerning Trust, there were no differences between male and female How to cite this paper: Uji, M., & Kawaguchi, M. ( 2024).

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“…Automatic thoughts are considered to be automatic because they may be initiated by both conscious and unconscious thoughts, and the subsequent cognitive processes do not require a conscious effort (Buschmann et al, 2018). A study conducted on students has shown that depressive symptoms worsen and anxiety increases as the automatic thoughts increase (Alsaleh et al, 2016; Irfan & Zulkefly, 2020; Yapan et al, 2020). Nurses are the professionals who are expected to have functional thinking and effective communication and coping strategies, and not to have distorted beliefs which are frequently present in interpersonal relationship.…”

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The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy‐based group counseling on depressive symptomatology, anxiety levels, automatic thoughts, and coping ways Turkish nursing students: A randomized controlled trial

Demir

Ercan

2022

Perspect Psychiatric Care

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This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based group counseling focused on depressive symptoms, anxiety levels, automatic thoughts, and coping ways among undergraduate nursing students with mild to moderate depressive symptoms.Design and Methods: A randomized, nonblinded, controlled trial was conducted. The study was completed with a total of 63 participants (n = 31, intervention group; n = 32, control group). The effect of the intervention was evaluated with Beck depression inventory, Beck anxiety inventory, automatic thoughts questionnaire, and ways of coping questionnaire. The measurements were taken three times: pretest, posttest, and 2-months posttest.Findings: CBT-based group counseling was found to reduce depressive symptoms, automatic thoughts, and ineffective coping with stress and to increase effective coping with stress. In both groups, 2-months posttest mean anxiety score was lower than the pre-test mean score.

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A pilot study of attachment relationships, psychological problems and negative automatic thoughts among college students in Pakistan

Cited by 5 publications

References 18 publications

Family cohesion and adaptability reduces mobile phone addiction: the mediating and moderating roles of automatic thoughts and peer attachment

Family cohesion and adaptability reduces mobile phone addiction: the mediating and moderating roles of automatic thoughts and peer attachment

Parent Attachment: Assessment, Effects of Gender Difference, and Mediation between Past Perceived Parenting and Mental Health into Adulthood

The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy‐based group counseling on depressive symptomatology, anxiety levels, automatic thoughts, and coping ways Turkish nursing students: A randomized controlled trial

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