Self-Control as a Mediator between Parental Attachment Styles and Adolescent's Coping Strategies

This study examined self-control as a mediator between parental attachment styles and adolescents’ coping strategies. To this end, 354 high school boys were selected through random cluster sampling method in Tehran. The sample took Measures of Childhood Attachment to Each Parent (Hazan & Shaver), Lazarus’ Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WOCQ), as well as Tangney Self-Control Scale. The data were analyzed by structural equation modeling (SEM). Results indicated that the analyzed model had a good fitness index. Additionally, findings indicated that the connection between mothers and fathers’ secure attachment and adolescents’ coping strategies was indirectly mediated through self-control. Furthermore, mothers’ insecure attachment style was both directly and indirectly related to problem-oriented strategies through self-control.