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The Structural Model of Internet Addiction Prediction Based on Attachment Styles with the Mediation of Cognitive Flexibility in Adolescents of Karaj City
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Mohddeseh Abbasnejad   , Khadijeh Amoei Dizaji |
| Islamic Azad University & Psychology And Counseling Organisation of Islamic Republic Of Iran , kamoei@yahoo.com |
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Introduction: Cognitive flexibility and attachment styles are among the predictors of Internet addiction in adolescents. The present study aimed to predict Internet addiction based on attachment styles with the mediation of cognitive flexibility in adolescents in Karaj City.
Methods: The research method was descriptive-correlational and the statistical population of the present study included all second-high school adolescents of government and non-government schools in Karaj city in the academic year 2022-2023, of which 200 were selected by connivance sampling. Research instruments were demographic questionnaire, "Internet Addiction Test"; "Adolescent Attachment Style Questionnaire" and "Cognitive Flexibility Inventory". The validity of the instruments was measured using content validity using a qualitative method, and reliability was measured using the internal consistency method by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS. 26 and Amos. 26.
Results: Internet addiction is predicted based on secure attachment (β=-0.502, P<0.001), anxious attachment (β=0.483, P<0.001), avoidant attachment (β=0.374, P<0.001), and cognitive flexibility (β=-0.456, P<0.001). Secure attachment (β=-0.172, P<0.001), anxious attachment (β=0.110, P<0.001), and avoidant attachment (β=0.144, P<0.001 through the mediation of cognitive flexibility predict Internet addiction.
Conclusions: The attachment styles predict internet addiction in adolescents through the mediation of cognitive flexibility. Therefore, it is suggested that child and adolescent counselors and psychologists focus on mental flexibility and attachment styles in the treatment of Internet addiction.
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| Keywords: Adolescents, Attachment, Cognitive Flexibility, Internet. |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
health management
Received: 2024/08/5 | Accepted: 2024/08/31 | Published: 2025/03/21
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