Amanelahi, A[1] - Karimzadeh Negar, A[2] - Aslani, KH[3]
This study examined the moderating role of mindfulness in the relationship between attachment styles and marital quality of female students in Shahid Chamran University in Ahvaz. Sample size included 207 married female students who were selected using convenient sampling. Participants completed Behavioral Systems Questionnaire, Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale, and Marital Quality Index. Descriptive and correlational research methods were used, anddata was analyzed using Pearson correlation and linear regression, using statistical software (SPSS-21). Results indicated a significant positive relationship between the secureattachment styles and marital quality, and a significant negative relationship between preoccupied and ambivalent attachment styles with marital quality. The results also showed that mindfulness seems to moderate the relationship between secure, preoccupied, and ambivalent attachment styles with marital quality.
[1]. Corresponding author, Assistant Professor, Department of counseling, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Email: a.amanelahi@scu.ac.ir.
[2]. M.A. in family counseling, Shahid Chamran. University of Ahvaz.
[3]. Assistant Professor, Department of counseling, Shahid Chamran. University of Ahvaz
