Parents' Coherent Self-Knowledge as Mediators of the Relationship between Parental Attachment Components with Students' Self-Concept

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of parents' coherent self-knowledge between parental attachment components with students' self-concept. </strong>The method of the study was descriptive-correlation of structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the study included all female high school students in Tehran and their parents in the academic year of 2021 from which 446 people were selected by the cluster sampling. Participants completed the questionnaires of Raj Kumar Sarasut’ self-concept, Hazan & Shaver’s attachment and Ghorbani’s integrative self-knowledge. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and path analysis. The results showed that the direct effects of the attachment style (secure, avoidance and ambivalent) and coherent self-knowledge on self-concept were significant. Cohesive self-knowledge also played a mediating role in the relationship between parental attachment styles and students' self-concept. Accordingly, the parents' attachment styles can predict students' self-concept through the mediation of integrative self-knowledge.