Structural Equation Modeling of Schemas and Attachment Styles with Addiction Potential through the Mediation of Stress Coping Strategies, Cognitive Emotion Regulation, and Loneliness among the Addicts under Treatment

The aim of this study is to model the structural equation of schemas and attachment styles with addiction potential through the mediation of stress coping strategies, cognitive emotion regulation, and loneliness among the addicts undergoing abstinence.
For this purpose, a descriptive-correlational research design was used. The research population included all the addicts under treatment of Golestan Province in 2016. Through Loehlin's sampling method (2004), 300 addicts under recovery were selected as the sample. Addiction Potential Scale, Hazan & Shaver Attachment Styles Questionnaire, Endler and Parker's Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS), Garnefski's Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (2001), Russell UCLA Loneliness Scale, and Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ-SF) were used for data collection. Generally, the five variables could explain 74 percent of addiction potential variance.
Considering the predictive power of the variables, the findings can be used in interventions and training in addiction treatment clinics.