Attachment and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: The Mediatory Role of Emotion Awareness
Attachment seems to influence depression through emotion regulation. However, no study has yet examined the mediatory role of emotion awareness, a particular subset of emotion regulation abilities, in the relationship between attachment and depressive problems in early and middle adolescence. The ai...
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| description | Attachment seems to influence depression through emotion regulation. However, no study has yet examined the mediatory role of emotion awareness, a particular subset of emotion regulation abilities, in the relationship between attachment and depressive problems in early and middle adolescence. The aim of this study is to examine the direct and indirect effects of attachment on depressive symptoms in adolescence, considering the mediatory role of emotion awareness dimensions. A sample of adolescents (<i>n</i> = 223) filled up self-report questionnaires on attachment, emotion awareness and depression. Serial mediation models suggest direct effects on depression: negative for secure attachment and positive for anxious/ambivalent attachment. Anxious/ambivalent attachment has a positive indirect effect through lower differentiation of emotions. Both secure and anxious/ambivalent attachment have indirect positive effects on depression through the sequence of bodily unawareness and differentiation of emotions. Differentiating emotions has a central role in mediating the relationship between attachment and depressive symptoms, and the lack of bodily awareness of emotions contributes to such mediation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a132982c3e3d4987bcdbdf8e0c1359a62023-11-23T22:56:40ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2022-10-01121040510.3390/bs12100405Attachment and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: The Mediatory Role of Emotion AwarenessMaria João Carapeto0Raquel Domingos1Guida Veiga2Departamento de Psicologia, Escola de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Évora, 7005-345 Évora, PortugalDepartamento de Desporto e Saúde, Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Universidade de Évora, 7005-345 Évora, PortugalDepartamento de Desporto e Saúde, Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Universidade de Évora, 7005-345 Évora, PortugalAttachment seems to influence depression through emotion regulation. However, no study has yet examined the mediatory role of emotion awareness, a particular subset of emotion regulation abilities, in the relationship between attachment and depressive problems in early and middle adolescence. The aim of this study is to examine the direct and indirect effects of attachment on depressive symptoms in adolescence, considering the mediatory role of emotion awareness dimensions. A sample of adolescents (<i>n</i> = 223) filled up self-report questionnaires on attachment, emotion awareness and depression. Serial mediation models suggest direct effects on depression: negative for secure attachment and positive for anxious/ambivalent attachment. Anxious/ambivalent attachment has a positive indirect effect through lower differentiation of emotions. Both secure and anxious/ambivalent attachment have indirect positive effects on depression through the sequence of bodily unawareness and differentiation of emotions. Differentiating emotions has a central role in mediating the relationship between attachment and depressive symptoms, and the lack of bodily awareness of emotions contributes to such mediation.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/12/10/405internalizingdifferentiation of emotionsbodily awarenessemotion regulation |
| spellingShingle | Maria João Carapeto Raquel Domingos Guida Veiga Attachment and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: The Mediatory Role of Emotion Awareness Behavioral Sciences internalizing differentiation of emotions bodily awareness emotion regulation |
| title | Attachment and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: The Mediatory Role of Emotion Awareness |
| title_full | Attachment and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: The Mediatory Role of Emotion Awareness |
| title_fullStr | Attachment and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: The Mediatory Role of Emotion Awareness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attachment and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: The Mediatory Role of Emotion Awareness |
| title_short | Attachment and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: The Mediatory Role of Emotion Awareness |
| title_sort | attachment and depressive symptoms in adolescence the mediatory role of emotion awareness |
| topic | internalizing differentiation of emotions bodily awareness emotion regulation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/12/10/405 |
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