Emotional Regulation (ER) strategies are created depending on the attachment style, as the probability to experiment positive emotions increases. Need for Social Approval (NSA) works as a motivator that guides behavior and facilitates social adaptation, being associated positively with Mental Health (MH). Relationships between attachment styles, ER, SD and MH were evaluated. In total, 469 participants answered the Revised Adult Attachment Scale, the ER Questionnaire, the NSA Scale and the MH Inventory MHI-38. Significant differences were found in all variables regarding attachment styles. Securely attached individuals had the highest psychological wellbeing and used cognitive re-evaluation as an ER strategy. NSA is conceived as a favorable social adjustment strategy that impacts individual’s MH, influenced by attachment styles in interaction with ER.

Emotional Regulation (ER) strategies are created depending on the attachment style, as the probability to experiment positive emotions increases. Need for Social Approval (NSA) works as a motivator that guides behavior and facilitates social adaptation, being associated positively with Mental Health (MH). Relationships between attachment styles, ER, SD and MH were evaluated. In total, 469 participants answered the Revised Adult Attachment Scale, the ER Questionnaire, the NSA Scale and the MH Inventory MHI-38. Significant differences were found in all variables regarding attachment styles. Securely attached individuals had the highest psychological wellbeing and used cognitive re-evaluation as an ER strategy. NSA is conceived as a favorable social adjustment strategy that impacts individual’s MH, influenced by attachment styles in interaction with ER.

Emotional Regulation (ER) strategies are created depending on the attachment style, as the probability to experiment positive emotions increases. Need for Social Approval (NSA) works as a motivator that guides behavior and facilitates social adaptation, being associated positively with Mental Health (MH). Relationships between attachment styles, ER, SD and MH were evaluated. In total, 469 participants answered the Revised Adult Attachment Scale, the ER Questionnaire, the NSA Scale and the MH Inventory MHI-38. Significant differences were found in all variables regarding attachment styles. Securely attached individuals had the highest psychological wellbeing and used cognitive re-evaluation as an ER strategy. NSA is conceived as a favorable social adjustment strategy that impacts individual’s MH, influenced by attachment styles in interaction with ER.

Some researchers have put in evidence the importance of the family for the individual optimal development, as well as the effects due to the lack of this. Reason why it was investigated if there are some differences between children who live in family and children who live in orphaned situation, in psychological variables such as: self-esteem, locus of control, intra-family relationships, confrontation to the problems in life, and functions of the I (self). It worked with a sample composed by 355 children of both sexes that live in family (200) and (155) who live in orphaned situation. All the children are between 9 to14 years old, and live in Toluca, Mexico State City. The results indicate differences in each one of the scales applied in favor of the family children.

Some researchers have put in evidence the importance of the family for the individual optimal development, as well as the effects due to the lack of this. Reason why it was investigated if there are some differences between children who live in family and children who live in orphaned situation, in psychological variables such as: self-esteem, locus of control, intra-family relationships, confrontation to the problems in life, and functions of the I (self). It worked with a sample composed by 355 children of both sexes that live in family (200) and (155) who live in orphaned situation. All the children are between 9 to14 years old, and live in Toluca, Mexico State City. The results indicate differences in each one of the scales applied in favor of the family children.