Roberts J E, Gotlib I H, Kassel J D
Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, USA.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1996 Feb;70(2):310-20. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.70.2.310.
Three studies investigated the relation between adult attachment security and symptoms of depression. Study l examined the overall magnitude of the association between adult attachment and depression, and Studies 2 and 3 tested whether this relation was mediated by dysfunctional attitudes and low self-esteem. Results from the three studies were consistent with a mediation model. This model suggests that insecure adult attachment styles are associated with dysfunctional attitudes, which in turn predispose to lower levels of self-esteem. Such depletions in self-esteem are directly associated with increases in depressive symptoms over time. Insecure attachment appears to lead to depressive symptoms in adulthood through its impact on self-worth contingencies and self-esteem.
三项研究调查了成人依恋安全性与抑郁症状之间的关系。研究1考察了成人依恋与抑郁之间关联的总体程度，研究2和研究3则检验了这种关系是否由功能失调性态度和低自尊所介导。三项研究的结果与一个中介模型一致。该模型表明，不安全的成人依恋风格与功能失调性态度相关，而功能失调性态度反过来又易导致较低的自尊水平。随着时间的推移，这种自尊的消耗与抑郁症状的增加直接相关。不安全依恋似乎通过其对自我价值条件和自尊的影响，导致成年期出现抑郁症状。
