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Stress-coping Strategies, Attachment Styles, and Resiliency of Working Children in Tehran, Iran

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  • Solmaz Pasyar

    (Islamic Azad University Rasht branch)

  • Sajjad Rezaei

    (University of Guilan)

  • Seyed Valiollah Mousavi

    (University of Guilan)

Abstract

Child labor is a bitter reality in developing countries and is necessary to be addressed in terms of its psychological aspects. Considering the limitations of the conducted studies and cultural environment in Iran, it is still unknown that how these children cope with their stresses, how the quality and type of their attachment styles are, and how resilient they are to inconveniences. In a causal-comparative study, a sample of 100 working children in Tehran using convenient sampling method and a sample of 150 non-working children using purposive sampling were selected; all the samples were asked to fill Endler and Parker Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations‌(CISS-21), Collins and Read Attachment Styles Scale, and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale‌(CD-RISC).‌The obtained data were analyzed using ANCOVA and MANCOVA in the form of 2 × 2 factorial using SPSS-16. After adjusting for education level, the results showed that working children mostly use emotion-oriented strategy to cope with stress but the avoidance-oriented strategy is less used by these children. Regardless of group member factor, girls and boys used respectively emotion-oriented and avoidance strategies more frequently. However, in the interaction between group and gender, the results revealed that boys in working children group obtained the lowest scores in task-oriented strategy. In addition, working children‌ group (especially girls), compared to non-working children presented more insecurity in terms of attachment style. Finally, it was found that working children were less resilient than non-working children, but the main effect of gender alone and the interaction between group and gender on resilience scores was not statistically significant‌(p > 0.05). The findings emphasized the protective role of resilience and secure attachment in preventing possible psychological and behavioral disorders in working children. Moreover, the results demonstrated that risky role of emotion-oriented strategy and insecure attachment style in exacerbating the problems of these children, especially for girls.

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  • Solmaz Pasyar & Sajjad Rezaei & Seyed Valiollah Mousavi, 2019. "Stress-coping Strategies, Attachment Styles, and Resiliency of Working Children in Tehran, Iran," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 12(3), pages 1083-1105, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:chinre:v:12:y:2019:i:3:d:10.1007_s12187-018-9572-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s12187-018-9572-1
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