ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Insecure Attachment and Depressive Symptoms among a Large Sample of Chinese Young Adults: The Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Self-Compassion.
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- The Dual Facets of Emotion Perception in Adult Attachment Representations: A Systematic Review on Impathy and Empathy.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Depression in Cape Verdean adolescents: prevalence and associated factors.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Pathways to anhedonia in unmedicated major depressive disorder: the roles of insecure attachment and emotion dysregulation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Love Attitudes of Undergraduate Nursing Students.Nursing open · 2025Article
- Impathy and Emotion Recognition: How Attachment Shapes Self- and Other-Focused Emotion Processing.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Self-compassion as a mediator of attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, and complex PTSD in college students with adverse childhood experiences.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Suicidality and self-compassion in patients with major depressive disorder: the mediating role of the avoidant attachment type.Research in psychotherapy (Milano) · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe present study aimed to explore the relationship between insecure attachment (attachment anxiety and avoidance) and depressive symptoms in Chinese young adults as well as the mediating roles of positive and negative self-compassion.
methodsAn online survey was administered among college students in mainland China. This involved their completion of questionnaires encompassing socio-demographic details, attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, self-compassion, and depressive symptoms.
resultsAttachment anxiety and avoidance exhibited connections with depressive symptoms through increased negative self-compassion and decreased positive self-compassion. Attachment anxiety was associated with depressive symptoms primarily through the mediating effect of negative self-compassion. Conversely, attachment avoidance was related to depressive symptoms mainly through the mediating role of positive self-compassion.
conclusionsAttachment anxiety exerted a slightly stronger influence on negative self-compassion, whereas attachment avoidance exhibited a more prominent impact on positive self-compassion. Despite these differences, both attachment styles were comparable in their overall influence on depressive symptoms. This revelation provides fresh insights into the relationship between insecure attachment and depressive symptoms among young adults, underscoring the importance for intervention program development.
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