The effects of adult attachment and life stress on daily depression: a sample of Japanese university students.
To investigate the relationship among adult attachment style, life stress, and daily depression, a sample of 437 undergraduate students was prospectively studied. Insecure adult attachment and perceived life stress were related to their daily depressive mood. Further analyses using both multiple hierarchical regression and structural equation models (SEM) demonstrated that adult attachment style and perceived life stress independently predicted depression and had no interactive effects on daily depression. The impact of adult attachment on depression was not contingent upon the presence of life stress and securely attached participants were less impacted by depression than insecurely attached ones. These results suggest that adult attachment can play an important role in mental health intervention and may be helpful when it comes to preventing and treating depression.
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Qingbo
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Department of Clinical Behavioral Sciences (Psychological Medicine), Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Science, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan. drliuqb@hotmail.com
Nagata
Toshiaki
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Shono
Masahiro
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Kitamura
Toshinori
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D000293:Adolescent; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007564:Japan; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009769:Object Attachment; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult