title: Adult attachment, perceived social support, cultural orientation, and depressive symptoms: A moderated mediation model.
abstract: In the current study, we tested a moderated mediation model in which cultural orientation moderated the mediation model of adult attachment-perceived social support-depressive symptoms, using 2 comparable cross-cultural samples of college students recruited from China and the U.S. (n = 363 for each group). Results indicated that perceived social support mediated the effect of attachment anxiety on depressive symptoms as well as the link between attachment avoidance and depression in both samples. Moderated mediation analyses using PROCESS revealed that interdependent self-construal significantly buffered the indirect effect of attachment avoidance (via perceived social support) on depressive symptoms. The findings indicated significant differences in the mediation models between the U.S. and China groups and interdependent self-construal accounted for the between-country differences. Limitations, implications of the findings, and future research directions are discussed from the perspectives of cross-cultural variation of adult attachment functioning. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors: Department of Psychology, University of North Texas.
authors: Wenzhen
authors: 0000-0002-4141-853X
authors: W
authors: Zhu
authors: Department of Psychology, University of North Texas.
authors: Chiachih Dc
authors: CD
authors: Wang
authors: Department of Psychology, University of North Texas.
authors: Chu Chian
authors: CC
authors: Chong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000208:ethnology; D002681:China; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009769:Object Attachment; D012944:Social Support; D013334:Students; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult