Examining Social Self-Efficacy as a Mediator for Insecure Attachment and Loneliness

Autor/inn/en	Brown-Smythe, Claudette; Sultana, Shirin
Titel	Examining Social Self-Efficacy as a Mediator for Insecure Attachment and Loneliness
Quelle	In: Professional Counselor, 13 (2023) 1, S.39-54 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	College Students; Predictor Variables; Anxiety; Attachment Behavior; Psychological Patterns; Self Efficacy; Interpersonal Relationship; Student Characteristics; UCLA Loneliness Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Prädiktor; Angst; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Abstract	We examined the extent to which anxious attachment and avoidant attachment predicted loneliness and social self-efficacy among 863 college students. Further, we investigated whether social self-efficacy mediated the relationships between the two insecure attachment styles and loneliness. Pearson correlations and regression analysis showed that anxious and avoidant attachment styles were significant predictors of loneliness and social self-efficacy. Mediation analysis revealed that social self-efficacy fully mediated the relationship between avoidant attachment and loneliness and partially mediated the relationship between anxious attachment and loneliness. Implications for college counseling are discussed, and we propose recommendations for counselors to enhance social self-efficacy and attachment security to decrease loneliness. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01