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1- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran
2- Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran ,y.rezapour@ardakan.ac.ir
3- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran
2- Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran ,
3- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran
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Background and Objective: 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.
Materials and Methods: 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.
Results: 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).
Conclusion: 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.
Materials and Methods: 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.
Results: 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).
Conclusion: 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.
Article Type: Research Article |
Subject:
Health Education and Promotion
Received: 2025/10/8 | Accepted: 2025/11/13
Received: 2025/10/8 | Accepted: 2025/11/13
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