Mediational role of the emotional intelligence in the relationship between on the relationships in family of origin and adult attachment styles

The main purpose of this study is to examine the mediating role of emotional intelligence in the relationship between on the relationships family of origin and adult attachment styles. In addition, it was aimed to examine whether the relationships in family of origin, adult attachment styles and emotional intelligence differ according to socio-demographic variables. The study group consisted of 410 participants aged 18-65, reached by non-random convenient sampling. In this study, "Personal Information Form", "The Scale of Relations with Family of Origin", "Relationship Scales Questionnaire" and "Rotterdam Emotional Intelligence Scale" were used as data collection tools. The data obtained in the research were analyzed with the IBM SPSS Statistics 26 program. Independent Groups T-Test, One Way Anova, Pearson Product-Moment Correlation, Regression Analysis and Hayes Process Analysis were used in the analyses. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that emotional intelligence plays a partial mediation role between the "Secure Attachment" and "Obssesive Attachment" sub-dimensions of adult attachment styles and relationships in family of origin. In addition, it was concluded that emotional intelligence was a suppressive variable between relationships in family of origin and dismissive attachment.