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Insecure Attachment's Influences on Adolescent Depression: A Mediation Analysis
In Event: Adolescents and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Depression, Identity, and Coping
Abstract
This study explored self-compassion, self-efficacy, and trait resilience as mediators between insecure attachment (attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance) and depression. The sample was composed of 215 American teenagers. Using bootstrapping approach, three specific mediation paths were examined simultaneously: (1) insecure attachment influences depression through self-compassion, (2) insecure attachment influences depression through trait resilience, and (3) insecure attachment influences depression through self-compassion, self-efficacy, and trait resilience in sequence. The three mediators could explain 63% of attachment anxiety’s influence on depression and 59% of attachment avoidance’s influence on depression. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.