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Sefidgari Goli M, Namvar H, Jomehri F. The Relationship Between Children’s Social-Emotional Competence, Spiritual Health, and Maternal MetaEmotion Structure Attachment Style. Health Spiritual Med Ethics 2021; 8 (2) :77-84
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1- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saveh, Iran, Tehran
2- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Saveh Branch, Saveh, Iran, Tehran , hnamvar@iau-saveh.ac.ir
3- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
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Masoumeh Sefidgari Goli1 , Hooman Namvar1* , Farhad Jomehri2
1. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saveh, Iran.
2. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran.

*Corresponding Author:
Hooman Namvar, PhD.
Address: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saveh, Iran.
Phone: +98 (912) 7760710
E-mail: hnamvar@iau-saveh.ac.ir
Research Paper:
The Relationship Between Children’s Social-Emotional
Competence, Spiritual Health, and Maternal Meta
Emotion Structure Attachment Style

Background and Objectives: Understanding the influences of parents on children in the process
of psychosocial and personality development of children and adolescents has been the focus of
psychologists and sociologists. This study aimed to predict the emotional and social competence
of the child based on spiritual health and maternal emotional structure according to the mediating
role of children’s attachment style.

Methods: The statistical population of this correlational descriptive was female primary
school students and their mothers in Tehran City, Iran. Of them, 250 individuals were selected
by purposive and voluntary sampling method using Klein’s method. The research instruments
included Zhu and Ji’s (2012) Emotional and Social Competency Inventory, Polutzin and
Ellison’s Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS), and Kern’s Attachment Style Classification
QuestionnaireAttachment style. The collected data were analyzed using AMOS.

Results: The obtained results suggested that the structure of maternal metacognition was directly
related to children’s attachment style (-0.33); maternal spiritual health and children’s attachment
style (0.37); the structure of maternal metacognition and the emotional-social competence of the
child (-0.26); mothers’ spiritual health and child’s emotional and social competence (0.18), and
the child’s attachment style and the child’s emotional and social competence (0.49). The structure
of maternal emotional well-being and the emotional-social competence of the child (-0.16) as
well as the spiritual health of the mother and the emotional-social competence of the child (0.18)
were indirectly related.

Conclusion: Considering the importance of the child’s emotional and social competence, the
emphasis on the influential factors of the present study can be promoted in developing this skill
among children. Maternal spiritual health and emotional structure were related to the child’s
emotional and social competence through the attachment style of the child; the strongest
relationship concerned the relationship between attachment style and emotional and social
competence.

A B S T R A C T
Keywords:
Children, Spiritual,
Emotion, Meta-emotion

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Received: 10 Jan 2021
Accepted: 13 Mar 2021
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Introduction
hildhood is a critical time. This is because
it is a unique period of growth with emo
tional and social development. Social
Emotional empowerment is the ability of
an individual to effectively cope with the
demands and challenges of everyday life. Besides, it in
cludes the individual’s ability to maintain well-being and
manifest this ability in positive and adaptive behaviors
in interaction with others, culture, and environment
[1].
Social and emotional competencies are the ability to un
derstand, manage, and express the social and emotional
aspects of one’s life. Accordingly, this skill includes the
successful management of life tasks, such as learning,
communicating, solving everyday problems, and adapt
ing to complex developmental needs. These capabilities
include self-awareness, impulse control, cooperation,
and self-care
[2]. In this regard, recognizing how par
ents affect children and examining the role of each in the
process of psychosocial and personality development of
children and adolescents has always been the focus of
psychologists and sociologists.
Policy design is essential for children’s social and emo
tional development; a wide range of emotional, cogni
tive, and social relationships regulate skills. These skills
are important in regulating the child’s academic tasks
and performance. This is because studies indicated that
empowerment and emotion regulation are the main sup
pressors of behavioral and emotional disorders, i.e., even
considered to be cognitive. Social empowerment refers
to an individual’s ability to organize and maintain indi
vidual environmental resources
[3].
In this regard, the parental metacognition perspective
was first introduced by Gottman, Katz, Hooven
[4].
They argued that parents’ views on their own and their
children’s emotions significantly impact their children.
Metacognition is excitement about excitement. Katz

[5] believes that metacognition, as a protective factor in
children, refers to the harmful effects of intolerable situ
ations (including anxious situations), leading to better
relationships between peers
[6].
Additionally, one of the 4 types of health is spiritual
health. Over the decades, health has been analyzed con
cerning specific dimensions (physical health, mental
health, & social health). Spirituality is among the ca
pabilities of individuals that provide coping styles and
problem-solving strategies to individuals. Moreover,
as a source of social support, in the face of confusion
and tragedy, spirituality creates a sense of meaning in
individuals’ lives. Accordingly, they feel indirect control
over events; ultimately, it leads to reduced isolation and
loneliness in individuals
[7].
Attachment style refers to a stable and secure bond or
emotional knot between two subjects. Accordingly, one
of the parties attempts to maintain closeness or proxim
ity to the face of secure attachment and acts to ensure
that the relationship continues. Attachment styles are
among the factors associated with social skills. Attach
ment addresses establishing a deep and emotional bond
with certain individuals. Besides, it effectively affects
the development of various dimensions of personality.
How attachment styles are formed depends on the type
of mother-child relationship in the early years of life; the
extent of access to the mother or caregiver; their level of
support in times of danger to the child; their degree of
sensitivity, and the child’s safety
[8].
Behrad
[9] and various studies signified the effects of
the Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS)
program on children’s social and emotional empower
ment. Ahmadpour Torki et al.
[10] stated that social
emotional empowerment training effectively declined
aggression and enhanced optimism, leading to solving
adolescents’ social problems. Ghorbanian et al.
[11] doc
umented that attachment style directly influenced social
skills. Thus, children with a secure attachment style can
generate strong social skills. In other words, by multiple
and successful experiences and gaining peace and secu
rity from a sensitive and responsive caregiver, the child
achieves a secure attachment style; therefore, they can
regulate emotions and develop social skills.
Cowan et al.
[12] revealed that the paternal secure at
tachment style and negative parenting scores significant
ly explain maternal behavioral problems on assessing in
ternalization and externalizing problems in children. In
mothers, only improved attachment style played a role
in reducing family conflicts and anxious/violent parent
ing styles. Moreover, Blalock et al.
[13] reported that the
parents of children participating in the Child-Centered
Individual Play Therapy (CCIPT) and Child-Centered
Group Play Therapy (CCGPT) generated more signifi
cant improvements in their children’s overall socio-emo
tional abilities, compared to the control group. Huber et
al.
[14] revealed that, according to teachers and parents,
the signs of externalizing problems are negatively re
lated to positive social behaviors. Besides, according to
teachers, these characteristics were positively related to
the social initiative.

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According to Miller‐Slough et al. [15], cluster analy
sis signified 3 family patterns, as follows: supportive,
non-supportive, and patriarchal. The supporting families
had children with higher social empowerment and more
signs of internalization; however, the patriarchal fami
lies had children with lower social empowerment and
fewer signs of internalization. The supporting families
had children with moderate social ability and fewer signs
of internalization.
Special attention is paid to the social and emotional
competence of school children and the structure of moth
ers’ metacognition and spiritual health. This is because
highlighting their key role can be useful in the primary
prevention of psychological trauma and abuse in child
hood and school years.
These injuries include children’s morbid dependencies
on families as a result of unnecessary care; children ‘s
expected behaviors that cause failure in a healthy so
ciety; children’s lack of necessary social skills, such
as problem-solving and empathy; the formation of im
mature emotions in children; also the formation of im
mature emotions in children that adversely impact their
adulthood relationships. These could be attributed to the
inefficient achievements of families, especially mothers,
Therefore, this study aimed to predict emotional-social
capability in children based on spiritual health and ma
ternal metacognition structure with the mediating role of
children’s attachment styles.

Methods
The statistical population of this correlational-de
scriptive study included primary school girls (age: 7-12
years) and their mothers (age: 35-50 years) in Tehran
City, Iran. Moreover, considering the coronavirus pan
demic conditions and the closure of schools and class
rooms, the study subjects virtually completed the study
questionnaire battery. The research sample included 250
subjects; this rate was computed based on Klein’s for
mula
[16]. The study participants were selected using
purposive and voluntary sampling methods in a non
random manner. The researcher performed an example
role-play by virtually interacting with the teachers. The
questionnaire battery was uploaded in Google Forms
and provided to the mothers of students who met the fol
lowing inclusion criteria: The biopsychological health
of the children and their mother (self-report); the age of
children to range between 7 and 12 years and the age of
mothers to range between 35 and 50 years; the child to
live with both parents; the absence of specific diseases in
a family member, including siblings. The questionnaires
were completed by children and mothers as relevant.
The data collection tools consisted of the following:

The Social-Emotional Competence Questionnaire
(SECQ):
This scale was developed by Zhou and Ee
has and covers 25 questions and 5 components of self
awareness, social awareness, self-management, relation
ship management, and responsible decision-making
[17].
This tool was approved by the University of Singapore for
high school students with a high score of 0.7. This ques
tionnaire can discriminate against students with high and
low emotional and social competence levels. This ques
tionnaire is scored based on a Likert-type scale, ranging
from strongly disagree to strongly agree. This question
naire was used for the first time in Iran. The original text
was first translated by the researcher into Persian. Three
leading experts in psychology and English approved the
final translation of this scale. Finally, its face and content
validity were confirmed. Before the main performance,
the questionnaire was presented to different groups of stu
dents to complete. This measure is aimed at checking the
clarity of the questions. The validity of this questionnaire
was calculated in the present study using Cronbach’s al
pha coefficient, i.e., equal to 0.873.

The Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS): The Spiri
tual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) was designed by Polut
zin and Ellison
[18]. This scale has 20 questions; 10 of
which measure existential health and 10 questions ad
dress religious health. The questions are answered on a
6-point scale, ranging from strongly disagree to strongly
agree. This questionnaire was administered to 283 nurs
ing students in Iran, in 2005. Furthermore, a Cronbach’s
alpha coefficient of 0.82 was reported for this question
naire. Preliminary studies reported the internal reliability
by the test-retest method as 0.99 to 0.73; its validity as
computed to range from 0.94 to 0.78. The internal reli
ability coefficients for the whole scale, religious health,
and existential health dimensions were calculated to be
0.89, 0.88, and 0.81, respectively. The validity of this
questionnaire was calculated in the present study using
Cronbach’s alpha coefficient as 0.788.

Metacognition Questionnaire-30 (MCQ-30): It has
28 items, i.e., answered on a 6-point Likert-type scale.
The scale includes the following 6 components: anger,
shame, anger management, and depression (negative
metacognitions), as well as compassion and interest
(positive metacognitions). The reliability of this test was
measured by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the posi
tive metacognitions dimension to be 0.91 and for the
negative metacognitions as 0.85. The Cronbach’s alpha
coefficient of this questionnaire was computed as 0.88
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[19]. Rezaei et al. [6] reported the scale’s Cronbach’s alpha
coefficient in Iran as 0.78; the results of factor analysis con
firmed the two main dimensions of positive and negative
metacognitions. These researchers examined its simultane
ous validity with the emotional intelligence questionnaire;
in particular, they reported a positive correlation between
positive metacognition and emotional intelligence compo
nents. The validity of this questionnaire was calculated in
the present study by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, i.e., equal
to 0.915.

Attachment style Questionnaire (ASQ): The ASQ was
developed to estimate the level of children’s secure attach
ment respecting child-parent relationships in mid-childhood
and early adulthood
[20]. The ASQ options include the fol
lowing: The degree to which child-specific attachment style
is available and responsive; the child’s willingness to rely
on attachment style when encountering stress; the child’s
report of comfort and interest respecting the ASQ. This tool
consists of 15 options, i.e., classified based on a 4-point
scale, as per Harter’s (1982) format. In a sample of middle
school students, the scores of the ASQ indicated sufficient
limits and internal stability. The validity of this question
naire in the present study was calculated using Cronbach’s
alpha coefficient to be 0.781.
To observe the ethical considerations, mothers and their
children participated in the study with consent. Besides, the
study participants’ information remained strictly confiden
tial. Accordingly, other ethical issues were observed per the
Helsinki Declaration. Finally, the obtained data were ana
lyzed using the path analysis approach in AMOS.

Results
Of the explore 250 individuals, 43(17.2%) were in the
age group of 9 years, 68(27.2%) in the age group of 10
years, 48(19.2%) in the age group of 11 years, 49(19%)
were 12 years old, and 42(16.8%) subjects were 13 years
old. Moreover, 114(45.6%) study samples were males
and 136(54.4%) were females. Among students’ mothers,
54(21.6%) had a diploma, 94(19%) had a BA, 72(28.8%)
had an MA, and 30(12%) had a PhD.
The Mahalanobis Distance (MD) based on the predictor
variable was reported as follows: minimum value: 2.326,
maximum value: 16.844, average: 7.58, and standard de
viation: 3.188. The presented maximum value signified that
the maximum value in the data file did not exceed the criti
cal value range for degree 4 (equivalent to the number of
predictor variables) and the information about any of the
study participants does not form multivariate arrays.
The skewness and kurtosis indices of each applied
scale are listed in
Table 1. The skewness and kurtosis
indices of the scales were examined; thus, if the scales
presented high skewness and kurtosis, data conversion
methods were applied to adjust them.
As per
Table 1, all scales in the present study presented
skewness and kurtosis of <2. This finding indicated that
the employed scales were non-problematic concerning
skewness and kurtosis in the study sample; thus, the dis
tribution of the research variables was normal.
As illustrated in
Figure 1, the strongest relationship
was observed between attachment style and children’s
emotional and social competence (0.49). Besides, the
weakest relationship was detected in the mothers’ spiri
tual health and children’s emotional and social compe
tence (0.18), followed by the relationship between ma
ternal positive metacognition and attachment style. In
structural equation modeling, model estimates are valid
when the model presents sufficient fit. The fit indices of
the research model are listed in
Table 2.
Table 1. Descriptive statistics of variables of research
Variable Skewness Standard Skewness Error Kurtosis Standard Kurtosis Error
Maternal negative metacognition 0.11 0.15 -0.55 0.31
Children’s emotional and social competence -0.49 0.15 0.20 0.31
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Maternal positive metacognition 0.25 0.15 0.47 0.31
Maternal spiritual health 0.94 0.15 0.31 0.31
Children’s attachment style 0.53 0.15 -0.89 0.31

 
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Based on Table 2, considering RMSEA1=0.000 equaled
<0.05, the model fit can be considered very desirable.
Additionally, in other indicators (e.g. NFI
2, NNFI3, CFI4,
GFI
5, & AGFI6), the results were measured to be >0.90,
indicating an acceptable and appropriate fit of the model

[21]. As per Table 2, all indicators presented a suitable fit
1. Root Mean Square Error of Approximation
2. Normed Fit Index
3. Non-Normed Fit Index
4. Comparative Fit Index
5. Goodness of Fit Index
6. Adjusted goodness of fit index

of the model for predicting the child’s social-emotional
ability based on spiritual health and maternal metacog
nition structure per the mediating role of the explored
children’s attachment style.

Discussion
Social-Emotional competence plays an essential role in
social interactions and functions in children with disabil
ities. Moreover, a lack of emotional empowerment skills
can lead to psychological trauma, weakness in interact-

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Figure 1. The final structural model of the research in the standard estimation mode
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Figure 2. The final significant structural equation model of the research Also, the significance level of the relationships between
the variables is manifested in this figure
Since all coefficients were not <1.96, all relationships were confirmed. The relationship between maternal spiritual health and
the emotional and social competence of children (2.04), maternal positive metacognition, and the emotional and social compe
tence of children (2.45) were significant at the level of 0.95; the rest of the relationships were significant according to P<0.01, i.e.,
were approved at a 99% Confidence Interval (CI) level.
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ing with others, and damage to children’s educational
and occupational domains in the future
[22].
In the present study, the obtained data indicated the ex
istence of a significant effect of maternal metacognition
structure on the child’s social-emotional competence.
Moreover, the maternal metacognition variable was de
fined in the following components: positive metacogni
tion and negative metacognition; both of which provided
a significant effect in this respect. Concerning effective
ness, positive metacognition manifested a stronger impact
than negative metacognition components. These results
were consistent with those of Gottman et al.
[4], Rezaei et
al.
[6], Behrad [9], Cowan et al. [12], Ahmadpour Torki et
al.
[10], as well as Ghorbanian and colleagues [11].
Metacognition is the emotion generated in response to
other emotions. Accordingly, recognizing how parents
affect children and examining the role of each in the
process of psychosocial and personality development of
children and adolescents remains the focus of psycholo
gists and sociologists.
Depending on the parents’ metacognitive philosophy,
they might either help their children express and regu
late their emotions; such measures ultimately lead to
the child’s growth in regulating healthy emotions and
developing effective social skills, or they suppress their
children’s emotional expression and emotion regulation
and prevent them from regulating their emotions
[23].
According to the achieved results, the significant indirect
effect of the mother’s spiritual health on the child’s emo
tional and social competence was confirmed. These re
sults were consistent with those of Katz et al.
[5], Sheikh
Attar et al.
[24], and Bahrami [25]. The necessity to ad
dress the social and emotional needs of children and ado
lescents was clarified even before the unveiling of social
and emotional learning programs to take advantage of
their potential to prevent future problems in future life
stages. Such skills will reduce the odds of developing
abnormal patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting. The
existence of biopsychological health is of great impor
tance. This is because the mother can be considered a
pillar of the family. When parents adopt a positive meta
cognition approach in which ideas about leadership and
acceptance are at a high level, they value emotions. In
other words, they accept them and share their emotions
with their children, indicating considering emotions as a
natural part of life.
As per Dabirian et al.
[26], mothers with a spiritual
perspective seek transcendental values in their lives.
They also foster a positive and open-minded attitude and
present flexibility. The present study findings addressed
positive and negative emotions and the spiritual states of
mental health. Therefore, improving the spiritual health
of mothers and children creates biopsychological health
in them; thus, they perform maternal roles more calmly,
and the relationship between mothers and children is im
proved. As a result, a secure attachment style is generated
in children. Therefore, the attachment style can be con
sidered among the major psychological factors for the
child’s psychological dimension development, in which
creating a strong and meaningful emotional connection
with those around him and his caregivers is defined.
The present study limitations were as follows: the
study sample was restricted to 7- to 12-year-old females;
thus, caution should be considered when generalizing
these data to other communities; the time constraints and
the impossibility of examining the issue in larger com
munities and comparing the results with each other was
another study limitation. Therefore, according to the re
search findings and the observed effective significance,
exploring the role of variables, and especially the medi
ating variable is suggested. This research should be stud
ied in different populations from various socioeconomic
and cultural characteristics; therefore, future studies are
suggested to explore different educational levels, also
future researches are recommended to study other psy
chosocial characteristics.

Table 2. The fitness of the final model
Indicators X2/df GFI AGFI RMSEA NFI NNFI CFI
Statistics 0.00 1.00 0.99 0.000 1.00 0.99 1.00
Acceptance limit < 3 >0.95 >0.95 >0.05 >0.95 >0.95 >0.95

RMSEA: Root Mean Square Error of Approximation; NFI: Normed Fit Index; NNFI: Non-Normed Fit Index; CFI: Compara
tive Fit Index; GFI: Goodness of Fit Index; AGFI: Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index.
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Conclusion
Parents, especially mothers, need to be aware of this
concept and the potential harms associated with children.
This can be achieved by inviting psychologists to schools
and inviting their parents to educate and raise awareness.
Additionally, to better understand emotional competence,
emotional repression must be well understood. By holding
parent-competence workshops and classes for students, we
can improve their insight into this variable and plan for the
growth of this characteristic in themselves.

Ethical Considerations
Compliance with ethical guidelines
This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the
University of Saveh, Iran.

Funding
The paper was extracted from the PhD. dissertation of
the Frist author at the Department of Psychology, Faculty
of Humanities, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University,
Saveh.

Authors' contributions
Supervisor of studies and projects, project management,
accreditation, writing - preparing the original draft, writ
ing and reviewing the final version, visualization: Hooman
Namvar; Data collection and writing - preparation of the
main draft: Masoumeh Sefidgari Goli; Consulting advisor,
methodology, data analysis, writing - review and editing:
Farhad Jomehri.

Conflict of interest
The authors stated no conflicts of interest.
Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to the parents of primary school
students in Tehran and the Directors of Education in the dis
tricts of Tehran who collaborated in this research.

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Received: 2020/09/17 | Accepted: 2021/06/28 | Published: 2021/11/10

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