The causal relationship between attachment styles (safe, unsafe and avoidance), self-efficacy and optimism with satisfaction with life through mediation of emotional independence

The aim of this study was to investigate the causal relationship between attachment styles (safe, insecure and avoidant), self-efficacy and optimism with life satisfaction through the mediation of emotional independence of female students of Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz Branch. The present study is of the correlation type. The research sample consisted of 354 people who were selected by random sampling among female students of Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz Branch. Simpsons (1990) attachment questionnaires, Lion optimism, Carver and Breach (1994), Schr خودer's self-efficacy (1982), Stenberg and Silverberg's emotional independence (1986), and Dainro Piott's life satisfaction (1985) were used to measure the research variables. . The evaluation of the proposed model was performed using path analysis method and bootstrap method was used to test indirect relationships. The results of data analysis showed that the coefficients of direct routes between the coefficients of direct routes between optimistic variables and safe attachment style with significant emotional independence (p <0.05). Also, safe attachment style, insecure attachment style, optimism and emotional independence with student life satisfaction are statistically significant (p <0.01). In this model, according to the results of Bootstrap test, the indirect effect of optimism, general self-efficacy and safe attachment style with life satisfaction through the mediation of emotional independence was also significant. Based on the above results, emotional independence in predicting optimism, general self-efficacy and safe attachment style and life satisfaction have a good fit.