The current study aims to explore the relationship between attachment styles, mentalization and emotion dysregulation. Moreover, the mediation effect of mentalization in the relationship between attachment and emotion dysregulation is analyzed. A sample composed of 607 participants taken from the Spanish general population completed the measures in a cross‐sectional designed study. The results show that secure attachment is negatively related to emotion dysregulation dimensions, whereas insecure attachment styles show a positive correlation. Furthermore, the mentalization variables are in general significantly related to emotion dysregulation. The mediation model shows a large mediational effect size (f² = 2.64). The results suggest that mentalization significantly mediates the relationship between emotion dysregulation and preoccupation, self‐sufficiency, and childhood trauma. These results have important implications, as they indicate that clinical interventions on mentalization should reduce emotion dysregulation even in those people with a predominant insecure attachment style.

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心智化在依恋风格与情绪失调关系中的中介作用分析

目前的研究旨在探讨依恋风格、心理化和情绪失调之间的关系。此外，还分析了心智化在依恋与情绪失调关系中的中介作用。由来自西班牙一般人群的 607 名参与者组成的样本完成了横断面设计研究中的措施。结果表明，安全依恋与情绪失调维度呈负相关，而不安全依恋风格则呈正相关。此外，心理化变量通常与情绪失调显着相关。中介模型显示了很大的中介效应大小 ( f ² = 2.64）。结果表明，心智化显着调节情绪失调与专注、自给自足和童年创伤之间的关系。这些结果具有重要意义，因为它们表明，即使在那些以不安全依恋风格为主的人中，对心理化的临床干预也可以减少情绪失调。