Sun Yunlin, Wu Ke, Wang Lei, Zhao Xingyu, Che Qiangyan, Guo Yang, Guo Yaru, Ji Yifu, Li Xiaoming, Wang Kai, Ye Rong, Yu Fengqiong
Mental Health and Psychological Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, China.
J Affect Disord. 2025 Jul 1;380:203-211. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.03.043. Epub 2025 Mar 17.
Secure attachment has been associated with a lower incidence of depressive symptoms in adolescents. Adolescence is an important period for attachment development as it shapes future attachment patterns. This study adopts a social support perspective to explore the transition from parental attachment to peer attachment, and its impact on reducing depression.
A sample of 7792 students from China, aged 11 to 19 years (mean = 15.19, SD = 2.564), completed three questionnaires: the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment, the Social Support Scale, and the Self-Depression Scale. SEM was used to analyze the mediating and moderating role of social support and peer attachment in the relationship between parental attachment and depression with gender as covariates.
Peer attachment partially mediated the relationship between parental attachment and depression among Chinese adolescents (β = -0.17, p < 0.001). Social support moderated the association between parental attachment and depression, indicating that higher levels of social support mitigate the negative influence of insecure parental attachment on adolescent depression (β = -0.02, p < 0.05). Furthermore, social support mediated the relationship between peer attachment and parental attachment, suggesting that secure peer attachment and good social support jointly buffer against depressive symptoms in adolescents (β = -0.077, p < 0.001).
The findings highlight important implications for developing targeted interventions to reduce adolescent depression. By recognizing the power of social support, we hope to provide valuable insights into practical strategies for addressing and alleviating adolescent depression.
安全型依恋与青少年抑郁症状发生率较低有关。青春期是依恋发展的重要时期，因为它塑造未来的依恋模式。本研究采用社会支持视角，探讨从父母依恋向同伴依恋的转变及其对减轻抑郁的影响。
来自中国的7792名11至19岁学生（平均年龄 = 15.19，标准差 = 2.564）完成了三份问卷：父母与同伴依恋量表、社会支持量表和自我抑郁量表。以性别作为协变量，采用结构方程模型分析社会支持和同伴依恋在父母依恋与抑郁关系中的中介和调节作用。
同伴依恋部分中介了中国青少年父母依恋与抑郁之间的关系（β = -0.17，p < 0.001）。社会支持调节了父母依恋与抑郁之间的关联，表明较高水平的社会支持减轻了不安全父母依恋对青少年抑郁的负面影响（β = -0.02，p < 0.05）。此外，社会支持中介了同伴依恋与父母依恋之间的关系，表明安全的同伴依恋和良好的社会支持共同缓冲青少年的抑郁症状（β = -0.077，p < 0.001）。
研究结果突出了制定针对性干预措施以减少青少年抑郁的重要意义。通过认识到社会支持的力量，我们希望为应对和缓解青少年抑郁的实际策略提供有价值的见解。
