The relationship between emotional schemas and uncertainty intolerance with the mediating role of experiential avoidance in women

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between emotional schemas and uncertainty intolerance with the mediating role of experiential avoidance in women. This study was of correlational type based on structural equation modeling with the purpose of prediction. The statistical population included all women over 20 years of age, and 221 of them were selected through a purposive sampling method. The measurement questionnaires included emotional schemas, intolerance of uncertainty and experimental avoidance. The data were analyzed by structural equation modeling and with the help of AMOS-20 and SPSS-24 software. The results showed that the final model has a good fit. The effect of the experimental avoidance variable as a mediating variable in the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and emotional-adaptive schemas and emotional-maladaptive schemas are both significant (P<0.05). As a result, experimental avoidance had an effect of 67% on the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and emotional-adaptive schema of women and by 22.3% on the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and emotional-adaptive schema of women. It can be concluded that experiential avoidance affects the relationship between women's emotional schemas and intolerance of uncertainty, and it is necessary to take measures aimed at reducing avoidance.

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Articles in Press, Corrected Proof
Available Online from 17 January 2025
  • Receive Date: 01 January 2024
  • Revise Date: 30 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 03 July 2024
  • First Publish Date: 17 January 2025
  • Publish Date: 17 January 2025