The Relationship between Perception of Attachment Quality and Social Anxiety in Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Spiritual Well-being

Abstract

The purpose of the research was to investigate the relationship between the perception of the quality of attachment and social anxiety of adolescents with the mediating role of spiritual well-being. The current research mothod was a correlational of structural equation modelling. The statistical population of the present study included all teenagers studying in secondary schools of Mazandaran province of Iran in the academic year of 2022-2023, A sample of 300 students who were selected as available method and completed questionnaires of attachment to parents and peers, spiritual well-being and adolescent social anxiety. The results of statistical analysis showed a significant relationship between adolescents' social anxiety and the quality of attachment perception with the mediation of spiritual well-being. In addition, there was a significant relationship between the perception of attachment quality and spiritual well-being and between spiritual well-being and social anxiety of adolescents. Also, the direct effect of perception of attachment quality on social anxiety of adolescents was confirmed. According to the results, it is suggested that psychologists, in therapeutic interventions for social anxiety disorder in adolescents, pay special attention to the role of influencing variables, including the perception of the quality of attachment and spiritual well-being.

Keywords

• adolescents
• perception of attachment quality
• social anxiety
• spiritual well-being