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Psychophysiological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Childhood
Published on: February 11, 2017
The correlation between emotion regulation and attachment styles in undergraduates
1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sinop University, Sinop, Turkey.
Purpose:
This study defines the emotion regulation difficulties experienced by undergraduate students and their attachment styles and determines the relationship between them.
Design And Methods:
In this study, 586 undergraduates participated by filling in the difficulties in the emotion regulation scale and the relationship styles questionnaire. We used a descriptive correlational study design to analyze these data.
Findings:
Difficulties in emotion regulation were negatively correlated with secure attachment and positively correlated with insecure attachment.
Practice Implications:
Psychiatric nurse educators can organize emotion regulation groups and create a module that teaches attachment styles and their correlation, available to students from all departments.
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