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سبک‌های دلبستگی و علائم اختلال شخصیت وسواسی ـ اجباری: نقش‌ واسطه‌ای دوسوگرایی در ابراز هیجان و عدم تحمل بلاتکلیفی

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نویسندگان
زکیه نادری بنی
بهرام پیمان نیا
کیومرث بشلیده
گروه روانشناسی، دانشکدۀ علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی، دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز، اهواز، ایران.
10.48308/apsy.2026.246393.2100
چکیده
روش: این مطالعۀ توصیفی-همبستگی در سال تحصیلی 1404-1403 با جامعۀ آماری متشکل از کلیۀ دانشجویان دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز انجام شد. نمونۀ پژوهش شامل ۴۳۰ دانشجو بود که با استفاده از روش نمونه‌گیری در دسترس وارد پژوهش شدند. ابزارها شامل زیرمقیاس اختلال شخصیت وسواسی-اجباری آزمون بالینی چندمحوری میلون-۳ (میلون، ۱۹۹۷)، مقیاس تجدیدنظرشدۀ دلبستگی بزرگسالان (کولینز و رید، ۱۹۹۶)، پرسشنامۀ دوسوگرایی در ابراز هیجان (کینگ و امونز، ۱۹۹۰) و مقیاس عدم تحمل بلاتکلیفی (کارلتون و همکاران، ۲۰۰۷) بودند. داده‌ها با روش مدل‌یابی معادلات ساختاری و نرم‌افزارهای SPSS-27 و AMOS-26 تحلیل شدند.
یافته‌ها: نتایج نشان‌دهندۀ رابطۀ مستقیم و معنادار سبک‌های دلبستگی ایمن، اضطرابی و اجتنابی با علائم اختلال شخصیت وسواسی-اجباری، دوسوگرایی در ابراز هیجان و عدم تحمل بلاتکلیفی بود (P=0.0001). همچنین رابطۀ مثبت و معنادار بین دوسوگرایی در ابراز هیجان و عدم تحمل بلاتکلیفی با اختلال شخصیت وسواسی-اجباری وجود داشت (P=0.0001). همۀ مسیرهای غیرمستقیم سبک‌های دلبستگی با اختلال شخصیت وسواسی-اجباری از طریق میانجی‌گری دوسوگرایی در ابراز هیجان و عدم تحمل بلاتکلیفی نیز معنادار بودند (P=0.0001).
نتیجه‌گیری: نتایج بر نقش محوری سبک‌های دلبستگی در تبیین علائم اختلال شخصیت وسواسی-اجباری تأکید دارد. این یافته‌ها نشان می‌دهد مداخلات درمانی با هدف افزایش تحمل بلاتکلیفی و بهبود تنظیم و ابراز هیجان می‌توانند در کاهش علائم این اختلال مؤثر باشند.
کلیدواژه‌ها
اختلال شخصیت وسواسی-اجباری
دوسوگرایی در ابراز هیجان
سبک‌های دلبستگی
عدم تحمل بلاتکلیفی
موضوعات

عنوان مقاله English

Attachment Styles and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Ambivalence Over Emotional Expressiveness and Intolerance of Uncertainty

نویسندگان English

Zakiyeh Naderi Beni
Bahram Peymannia
Kiumars Beshlideh
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
چکیده English

Aim: The present study aimed to investigate the structural relationships between attachment styles (secure, anxious, and avoidant) and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, with the mediating roles of ambivalence over emotional expressiveness and intolerance of uncertainty among students.
Method: This descriptive-correlational study was conducted during the 2024–2025 academic year. The study population consisted of all students at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, and the study sample comprised 430 students recruited using convenience sampling. Instruments included the obsessive-compulsive personality subscale of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (Millon, 1997), Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Collins & Read, 1996), Ambivalence over Emotional Expressiveness Questionnaire (King & Emmons, 1990), and Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (Carleton et al., 2007). Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) with SPSS-27 and AMOS-26.
Results: Findings indicated significant direct relationships between secure, anxious, and avoidant attachment styles and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder symptoms, ambivalence over emotional expressiveness, and intolerance of uncertainty (P=0.0001). Positive significant relationships were also observed between ambivalence over emotional expressiveness and intolerance of uncertainty with the obsessive-compulsive personality disorder symptoms (P=0.0001). Moreover, all indirect paths from attachment styles to obsessive-compulsive personality disorder symptoms through the two mediators were significant (P=0.0001).
Conclusion: Results emphasize the central role of attachment styles in explaining obsessive-compulsive personality disorder symptoms. Therapeutic interventions aimed at increasing uncertainty tolerance and improving emotional regulation and expression can effectively reduce these symptoms.

کلیدواژه‌ها English

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
Ambivalence over Emotional Expressiveness
Attachment Styles
Intolerance of Uncertainty
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