TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived support and relational conflict as mediators linking attachment orientations with depressive symptoms
T2 - A comparison of dating individuals from Hong Kong and the United States
AU - You, Jin
AU - Huang, Jason L.
AU - Ho, Man Yee
AU - Leung, Hildie
AU - Li, Caina
AU - Bond, Michael Harris
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - This cross-sectional study investigates how perceived support and relational conflict mediate the associations of attachment orientations with depressive symptoms among 367 (153 Chinese, 214 American) dating individuals. Results revealed a pan-cultural association of attachment anxiety with depressive symptoms mediated though relational conflict. Attachment avoidance was more strongly related to depressive symptoms through relational conflict in the Chinese sample than in the U.S. sample. Furthermore, attachment anxiety was related to perceived support across both cultural samples, while attachment avoidance was more strongly related to perceived support in the Chinese sample than in the U.S. sample. Findings are discussed in terms of the cultural logics governing interpersonal relationships across cultures.
AB - This cross-sectional study investigates how perceived support and relational conflict mediate the associations of attachment orientations with depressive symptoms among 367 (153 Chinese, 214 American) dating individuals. Results revealed a pan-cultural association of attachment anxiety with depressive symptoms mediated though relational conflict. Attachment avoidance was more strongly related to depressive symptoms through relational conflict in the Chinese sample than in the U.S. sample. Furthermore, attachment anxiety was related to perceived support across both cultural samples, while attachment avoidance was more strongly related to perceived support in the Chinese sample than in the U.S. sample. Findings are discussed in terms of the cultural logics governing interpersonal relationships across cultures.
KW - Adult attachment orientations
KW - Cross-cultural comparison
KW - Dating relationships
KW - Depressive symptoms
KW - Mediation mechanisms
KW - Perceived support
KW - Relational conflict
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84907710347
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.09.004
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.09.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84907710347
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 73
SP - 50
EP - 55
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -