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KMID : 0607320190280020124
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Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2019 Volume.28 No. 2 p.124 ~ p.132
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The Mediating Effect of Alexithymia on the Relationship between Attachment and Depression in Early Adulthood
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Gil Min-Ji
Kim Suk-Sun
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effect of alexithmia on the relationship between attachment and depression in early adulthood.
Methods: A convenience sample of 260 young adults responded to the survey. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and path analyses using bootstrapping.
Results: The path analysis indicated that anxious attachment and alexithymia was positively related to depression, but there was not a significant relationship between avoidant attachment and depression. In a modified path model, alexithymia mediated the positive effects of anxious attachment and avoidant attachment on depression.
Conclusion: Our study findings suggest that early adults who have insecure attachments are vulnerable to alexithymia and depression. Targeted interventions to improve emotional expressive ability may reduce depression in early adulthood.
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KEYWORD
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Adult, Depression, Affective symptoms, Object attachment
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