Exploration of Mediator Between Adult Attachment and Depressive Mood in college students: Brooding and Emotion Suppression
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore whether maladaptive affect regulation(particularly brooding which is a type of rumination and emotion suppression) contributes as a mediator between attachment dimensions(attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance) and depression. 200 undergraduate students participated in this study and were asked to complete the Experience in Close Relationship Scale(ECRS), Ruminative Response Scale(RRS), Emotion Regulation Questionnaire(ERQ), The center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression(CES-D). The data were analyzed using Structural equation modeling. The result showed that (1) brooding significantly mediated the relationship between the attachment anxiety and depression and (2) the significant relationship between attachment avoidance and depression was not mediated by emotion suppression. The implications and limitations of this study, and directions for future study were discussed.
- keywords
- 성인 애착 불안, 성인 애착 회피, 정서 조절, 반추, 정서 억제, 우울, attachment, attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, affect regulation, brooding, emotion suppression, depression
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