Investigating the role of mediation of differentiation in attachment styles and affiliation-family adaptation with marital disturbance of parents with special learning disorders

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of mediation of differentiation between attachment styles and attachment-family adaptation to marital disturbance of students with special learning disorders in Ardabil city in 1397. The correlation method used here was a path analysis. From parents with children with learning disabilities, 250 parents were selected using available scorecard, differentiation questionnaire, attachment style, family cohesion, family affection, and marital disturbance. The data were analyzed using AMOS and path analysis. The results showed that safe attachment style had a positive and direct effect and insecure attachment style had a negative and direct effect on differentiation. Furthermore, the negative and direct effect of family differentiation and family correlation on marital distress was confirmed. Among exogenous variables, safe attachment style through differentiation has been able to reduce marital distress, but insecure attachment style has led to increased marital disturbance through differentiation. The results show that the role of mediation of differentiation between attachment styles and affiliation-family adaptation with marital frustration of parents of students with a specific learning disorder has a favorable fit.