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- Title
Adult attachment, dependence, self-criticism, and depressive symptoms: a test of a mediational model.
- Authors
Cantazaro, Amy; Wei, Meifen
- Abstract
Attachment anxiety is expected to be positively associated with dependence and self-criticism. However, attachment avoidance is expected to be negatively associated with dependence but positively associated with self-criticism. Both dependence and self-criticism are expected to be related to depressive symptoms. Data were analyzed from 424 undergraduate participants at a large Midwestern university, using structural equation modeling. Results indicated that the relation between attachment anxiety and depressive symptoms was fully mediated by dependence and self-criticism, whereas the relation between attachment avoidance and depressive symptoms was partially mediated by dependence and self-criticism. Moreover, through a multiple-group comparison analysis, the results indicated that men with high levels of attachment avoidance are more likely than women to be self-critical.
- Publication
Journal of personality, 2010, Vol 78, Issue 4, p1135
- ISSN
1467-6494
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00645.x