University of Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Int J Psychol. 2010 Feb;45(1):21-7. doi: 10.1080/00207590903165059.
We analysed the mediational role of the personality dimensions of sociotropy and autonomy in the relationship between certain styles of attachment and depressive symptoms. In order for us to do so, a group of university students filled out the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Revised Personal Style Inventory (PSI-II) and the Relationship Questionnaire (RQ). Individuals having attachment styles with a negative model of self (preoccupied and fearful) obtained significantly higher scores in the BDI than those having attachment styles with a positive model of self (secure and dismissing), which coincides with previous research. We followed the standard procedure of Baron and Kenny of linear regression in order to perform the mediational analyses. The preoccupied attachment style-depressive symptoms relationship was mediated by sociotropy. It was also found that autonomy exerted a significant mediational effect on the relationship between the fearful attachment style and depressive symptoms. These results are consistent with the notion that insecure attachment predisposes individuals to the development of depressogenic personality styles. Thus, the findings of the present study contribute to improving the understanding of the factors involved in the development of vulnerability to depression. Furthermore, the results point out the importance of evaluating both attachment style and sociotropy/autonomy personality dimensions for the treatment of depressive patients.
我们分析了社交依附性和自主性人格维度在特定依恋风格与抑郁症状之间的关系中的中介作用。为了做到这一点，一群大学生填写了贝克抑郁量表（BDI）、修订后的个人风格量表（PSI-II）和关系问卷（RQ）。具有消极自我模型（痴迷和恐惧）的依恋风格的个体在 BDI 中的得分明显高于具有积极自我模型（安全和忽视）的依恋风格的个体，这与之前的研究结果一致。我们遵循 Baron 和 Kenny 的线性回归标准程序进行中介分析。痴迷依恋风格与抑郁症状之间的关系是由社交依附性介导的。此外，还发现自主性对恐惧依恋风格与抑郁症状之间的关系具有显著的中介作用。这些结果与不安全依恋使个体易患抑郁人格风格的观点一致。因此，本研究的结果有助于提高对易患抑郁症相关因素的理解。此外，研究结果指出了评估依恋风格和社交依附性/自主性人格维度对抑郁患者治疗的重要性。
