Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University, 158 Cambridge Ave, 11530, Garden City, NY, USA.
Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2024 Feb;55(1):262-273. doi: 10.1007/s10578-022-01394-9. Epub 2022 Jul 19.
Although greater parent-child attachment security is linked with children's lower levels of depressive symptoms, little research has evaluated potential explanatory mechanisms. We investigated whether dispositional gratitude and interpersonal forgiveness explain the relation between attachment security with parents and early adolescents' depressive symptoms. Early adolescents (N = 105; M age = 12.3 years; 51% girls) completed questionnaires assessing their attachment security to mother and father figures, depressive symptoms, and dispositional gratitude, and an interview assessing interpersonal forgiveness. Results revealed that greater attachment security to mothers and fathers was associated with fewer depressive symptoms and greater levels of dispositional gratitude and interpersonal forgiveness. Further, dispositional gratitude and interpersonal forgiveness were negatively associated with depressive symptoms. Dispositional gratitude emerged as a mediator between attachment security with each parent and depressive symptoms. Our findings suggest that greater parent-child security may promote early adolescents' appreciation of positive events, which in turn may relate to fewer depressive symptoms.
虽然亲子依恋安全感与儿童的抑郁症状程度较低有关，但很少有研究评估潜在的解释机制。我们研究了性格感恩和人际宽恕是否可以解释依恋安全感与父母和青少年早期抑郁症状之间的关系。青少年早期（N=105；M 年龄=12.3 岁；51%为女孩）完成了评估与母亲和父亲形象的依恋安全感、抑郁症状和性格感恩的问卷，以及评估人际宽恕的访谈。结果表明，与母亲和父亲的依恋安全感越强，抑郁症状越少，性格感恩和人际宽恕程度越高。此外，性格感恩和人际宽恕与抑郁症状呈负相关。性格感恩是每个父母与抑郁症状之间的中介变量。我们的研究结果表明，更强的亲子安全感可以促进青少年对积极事件的欣赏，从而可能与更少的抑郁症状相关。
