The Role of Anxiety and Avoidance Attachment and Attribution in Marital Forgiveness: Testing a Mediation Model

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Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

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The purpose of this study was to test the conceptual model for studying the role of avoidance and anxiety attachment and casual and responsibility attributions on forgiveness in married men and women. The subjects of the study were 398 married men and women (husbands= 198, wives= 200) in Ahvaz were selected randomly, using the multi-stage sampling method. The participants completed Trait Forgivingness Scale (TFS), Relationship Attribution Measurement (RAM) and Experience in Close Relationships Revised Questionnaire (ECR-R). AMOS-16 software was used for analyzing the data. The tested model had a good fit. Based on the tested path analysis modeling, low avoidance attachment was predictive of forgiveness both directly and indirectly through causal and responsibility attributions. Also, low anxiety attachment predicted forgiveness indirectly through causal and responsibility attributions.
 

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Biannual Journal of Applied Counseling
Volume 1, Vol. 1 NO.2
March 2011
Pages 51-72

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  • Receive Date: 12 July 2011
  • Revise Date: 16 July 2011
  • Accept Date: 19 May 2012

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