Relationships between attachment style, cognitive flexibility and emotion regulation

This study aims to examine the effect of differentiation in adult attachment styles on cognitive flexibility and emotion regulation. The sample of the study consists of young adults between the ages of 18-30 voluntarily. A total of 259 people participated in the research. In the study, the Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory (ECR), The Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI), Difficulty of Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) were used. According to the results of the analysis, the hypothesis was that securely attached young adults had more cognitive flexibility and fearfully attached young adults had less cognitive flexibility was not significant. The hypotheses that securely attached young adults are better at emotion regulation and that fearfully attached young adults are more deficient in emotion regulation have been confirmed. The strengths, limitations, and contributions of the study are discussed in light of the relevant literature.