نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسنده English
Aim: The present study aimed to investigate the role of rejection and disconnection domain schemas in attentional bias toward attachment-related images.
Method: This descriptive-correlational study included 228 undergraduate and graduate students (187 women) from Shahid Beheshti University, with a mean age of 21.20 years, who were recruited through convenience sampling. Participants completed the Young Schema Questionnaire–Short Form (YSQ-SF-75), the Experiences in Close Relationships–Revised questionnaire (ECR-R), and a modified version of the Dot-Probe Task (DBT). Data were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficients and multiple regression analyses.
Results: The findings indicated that schemas within the rejection and disconnection domain were significantly and negatively associated with attentional bias toward attachment-related images. According to the regression models, the predictors significantly accounted for the variance in attentional bias toward positive images (p < 0.001, F(7, 220) = 19.75, R² = 0.38, f² = 0.61) and negative images (p < 0.001, F(7, 220) = 14.19, R² = 0.31, f² = 0.45). In predicting attentional bias toward positive images, the emotional deprivation, abandonment, and defectiveness/shame schemas, along with attachment anxiety and avoidance, were significant predictors. For negative images, abandonment, mistrust/abuse, and attachment avoidance emerged as significant predictors.
Conclusion: The findings suggest that rejection- and disconnection-related schemas and insecure attachment dimensions are associated with an avoidant pattern of attentional processing toward stimuli related to close relationships. These findings provide support for key assumptions of attachment theory and schema theory and highlight the role of implicit information-processing mechanisms in the maintenance of maladaptive relational patterns.
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