en Health Education and Promotion پژوهشي Research Article <div class="msocomtxt" id="_com_1" language="JavaScript" on<illegal tag>mouseout="msoCommentHide('_com_1')" on<illegal tag>mouseover="msoCommentShow('_anchor_1','_com_1')"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><b><span lang="FR"><span style="color:black">Background and Objective: </span></span></b><span lang="FR">Medical treatment in infertile women will be more effective if the adverse psychological consequences of infertility are identified and controlled. The present study aimed to assess the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between attachment styles and mental rumination in infertile women.</span></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><b><span lang="FR">Materials and Methods: </span></b><span lang="FR">This cross-sectional correlational study employed structural equation modeling. Using the available sampling method, a total of 346 Iranian infertile women referring to fertility centers of Yazd, Fars, Kerman, and Isfahan provinces in Iran were selected. The data collection tools included the Adult Attachment Inventory, Ruminative Response Scale, and Self-Compassion Scale. The data were analyzed using the path analysis.<span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro",sans-serif"></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><b><span lang="FR">Results:</span></b><span lang="FR"> <span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">The findings demonstrated that path coefficients of secure and insecure attachment styles to mental rumination and self-compassion were significant. Ambivalent attachment had a significantly greater impact on self-compassion compared to avoidant attachment. Self-compassion emerged to mediate the relationship between attachment styles and mental rumination (P<0.01).</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><b><span lang="FR">Conclusion:</span></b><span lang="FR"> It can be concluded that secure attachment style serves as a protection against mental rumination. On the contrary, an insecure style proved to be a risk factor that induces mental rumination in infertile women. Nonetheless, even with an insecure attachment style, these women can manage mental rumination just by self-compassion.</span><span dir="RTL" lang="FA"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp;</div> Attachment styles, Infertile women, Mental rumination, Self-compassion 149 155 http://ajnpp.umsha.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-895-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mansoureh Sotoudeh mansore.sotode@yahoo.com 10031947532846008669 10031947532846008669 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran Yasser Rezapour Mirsaleh y.rezapour@ardakan.ac.ir 10031947532846008670 10031947532846008670 Yes Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran Azadeh Choobfroushzadeh azadechoobforoush@ardakan.ac.ir 10031947532846008671 10031947532846008671 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran