Adult Attachment, Shame, Depression, and Loneliness: The Mediation Role of Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction

This study examined basic psychological needs satisfaction (i.e., the need for autonomy, competence, and relatedness) as a mediator between adult attachment (i.e., anxiety and avoidance) and distress (i.e., shame, depression, and loneliness). A total of 299 undergraduates from a Midwestern universit...

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Published in:Journal of counseling psychology 2005-10, Vol.52 (4), p.591-601
Main Authors: Wei, Meifen, Shaffer, Philip A, Young, Shannon K, Zakalik, Robyn A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Adults
Anxiety
Attachment
Attachment Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Depression
Depression (Emotion)
Depression (Psychology)
Distress
Emotions
Female
Human
Loneliness
Male
Mediation
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Mental health
Mood disorders
Need Gratification
Need Satisfaction
Psychological Needs
Psychological Patterns
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Satisfaction
Shame
Structural Equation Models
Undergraduate Students
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Summary:This study examined basic psychological needs satisfaction (i.e., the need for autonomy, competence, and relatedness) as a mediator between adult attachment (i.e., anxiety and avoidance) and distress (i.e., shame, depression, and loneliness). A total of 299 undergraduates from a Midwestern university participated. Results from structural equation modeling analysis indicated that basic psychological needs satisfaction partially mediated the relationship between attachment anxiety and shame, depression, and loneliness and fully mediated the relationship between attachment avoidance and shame, depression, and loneliness. Bootstrap methods were used to assess the magnitude of these indirect effects. Attachment anxiety and avoidance explained 35% of the variance in basic psychological needs satisfaction, and attachment anxiety and basic psychological needs satisfaction explained 51%, 72%, and 74% of the variance in shame, depression, and loneliness, respectively.
ISSN:0022-0167
1939-2168
DOI:10.1037/0022-0167.52.4.591