title: Adult attachment, dependence, self-criticism, and depressive symptoms: a test of a mediational model.
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.
authors.affiliation: Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3180, USA. cantazar@iastate.edu
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cantazaro
authors.forename: Meifen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009769:Object Attachment; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult