Mehrnoosh Mottahedin; fariborz dortaj; Fatemeh Ghaemi; Reza Ghorban Jahromi
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Abstract The Internet has far-reaching effects on various aspects of human life and the extreme use of the Internet is associated with numerous personal and social harms. The present study investigates the mediating role of emotion regulation strategies and psychological distress in the relationship ...
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Abstract The Internet has far-reaching effects on various aspects of human life and the extreme use of the Internet is associated with numerous personal and social harms. The present study investigates the mediating role of emotion regulation strategies and psychological distress in the relationship between insecure attachment and problematic internet use. The present study was descriptive-correlational and structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the present study was all students studying in the undergraduate and graduate courses of the Islamic Azad University, Research Sciences, Center and Karaj Branch in the academic year 2019-2020. By cluster sampling method, 397 people were selected as the sample group. Data collection tools included Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, scale for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale and Adult Attachment Scale. Data analysis was performed by Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis using LISREL software. The results showed that psychological distress (0.50), maladaptive strategies (0.23), adaptive strategies (-0.21), avoidant attachment (0.11), and ambivalent attachment (0.10) have the highest to the lowest correlation coefficient with harmful use of the Internet (P <0.05). Strategies for regulating emotional distress and distress also mediated the relationship between insecure attachment style and problematic internet use. Accordingly, in the field of designing the necessary measures to reduce the problematic internet use, programs can be developed to improve insecure attachment styles, emotion regulation strategies and psychological distress.
Hamideh Jahangard; Reza Ghorban Jahromi; Faribourz Dortaj; Aboutaleb seadatee Shamir
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The purpose of this work is to look into the impact of the need for closure and cognition on the degree of working memory in Tehran high school students, with the role of attitudes toward learning and ambiguity tolerance as mediating factors. To this end, 385 subjects consisting of 155 girls and 230 ...
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The purpose of this work is to look into the impact of the need for closure and cognition on the degree of working memory in Tehran high school students, with the role of attitudes toward learning and ambiguity tolerance as mediating factors. To this end, 385 subjects consisting of 155 girls and 230 boys were selected using multi-stage cluster sampling to complete the questionnaires on working memory (Nejati, 2013), the need for cognition (Cachiupo, 1996), the need for closure (De Baker & Krausson, 2008), attitude toward learning (Eiken, 1979) and ambiguity tolerance (McLean, 1993). The study was descriptive, and a correlation design was given in light of investigating the relationships between the variables using a causal model of route analysis. The results revealed that the need for cognition has an indirect effect on working memory through the mediation of the attitude to learning and ambiguity tolerance. Furthermore, the need for closure has an indirect influence on working memory by the mediation of attitude toward learning and ambiguity tolerance. Similarly, the need for cognition has a significant effect on working memory, whereas the need for closure has no such impact. Additionally, the need for cognition has a significant effect on attitude toward learning and ambiguity tolerance, whereas the need for closure has no significant effect on attitude toward learning and ambiguity tolerance. The findings were explored in depth in the conclusion section.