Attachment, Self-Esteem, and Psychological Distress: A Multiple-Mediator Model

Autor/inn/en	Shen, Fei; Liu, Yanhong; Brat, Mansi
Titel	Attachment, Self-Esteem, and Psychological Distress: A Multiple-Mediator Model
Quelle	In: Professional Counselor, 11 (2021) 2, S.129-142 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2164-3989
Schlagwörter	Attachment Behavior; Self Esteem; Anxiety; Stress Variables; Mental Health; Early Experience; Children; Caregiver Child Relationship; Adults; Correlation; Counseling; Self Concept Measures; Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Angst; Psychohygiene; Frühbeginn; Child; Kind; Kinder; Korrelation; Counselling; Beratung
Abstract	The present study examined the relationships between childhood attachment, adult attachment, self-esteem, and psychological distress; specifically, it investigated the multiple mediating roles of self-esteem and adult attachment on the association between childhood attachment and psychological distress. Using 1,708 adult participants, a multiple-mediator model analysis following bootstrapping procedures was conducted in order to investigate the mechanisms among childhood and adult attachment, self-esteem, and psychological distress. As hypothesized, childhood attachment was significantly associated with self-esteem, adult attachment, and psychological distress. Self-esteem was found to be a significant mediator for the relationship between childhood attachment and adult attachment. In addition, adult attachment significantly mediated the relationship between self-esteem and psychological distress. The results provide insight on counseling interventions to increase adults' self-esteem and attachment security, with efforts to decrease the negative impact of insecure childhood attachment on later psychological distress. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01