The Relationship between Attachment to God, Attachment to Adults, Resilience, Self-compassion and Mindfulness in Undergraduate Students in Tehran University
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Attachment, Compassion, Mindfulness, ResilienceAbstract
For downloading the full-text of this article please click here.Background and Objective: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between attachment to God, attachment to adults, resilience, self-compassion and mindfulness in undergraduate students at Tehran University.
Methods: 200 students (100 males and 100 females) were selected by cluster sampling method and completed the attachment to God, attachment to adults, resilience, and self-compassion and mindfulness questionnaires. The research design was correlational. Pearson correlation and path analysis were used to analyze the data. In this study, all the ethical considerations have been observed and no conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Results: The results showed that there was a positive and meaningful relationship between secure attachment to God and resilience, mindfulness and compassion but a negative relationship between avoidant attachment and resilience, mindfulness and compassion. Also, the results showed that attachment to adults had a positive and significant correlation with resiliency, but there was no significant relationship between anxiety attachment to adults and mindfulness and resilience. Also, based on the results, resilience and secure attachment to God could positively predict mindfulness.
Conclusion: Those with secure attachment to God value themselves and know that God loves and helps them and responds to their desires and prayers. On the contrary, people with avoidant attachment regard God as out of reach.
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Please cite this article as: Nosrati F, Batavani AR, Ghobari-Bonab B, Masjedsaraee MR. The Relationship between Attachment to God, Attachment to Adults, Resilience, Self-compassion and Mindfulness in Undergraduate Students in Tehran University. Journal of Pizhūhish dar dīn va salāmat. 2020;6(1):5-18. https://doi.org/10.22037/jrrh.v6i1.22990
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