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The contributions of interpersonal attachment and friendship group identification to depressive symptoms in a nonclinical sample
Author(s) -
Rosenthal Harriet E. S.,
Somers Nadia,
Fleming Piers,
Walsh Judi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/jasp.12232
Subject(s) - friendship , psychology , depressive symptoms , anxiety , clinical psychology , identification (biology) , interpersonal communication , interpersonal relationship , developmental psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , botany , biology
Drawing on previous literature from the separate areas of adult attachment and group processes, we explored attachment and group identification as predictors for depressive symptoms in a nonclinical sample. We found that attachment anxiety and friendship group identification predicted scores on the B eck D epression I nventory, such that higher attachment anxiety resulted in higher depressive symptoms, and greater friendship group identification resulted in lower depressive symptoms. Mediational analysis suggested that group identification partially mediated the effect of attachment avoidance on depressive symptoms, but did not mediate the effect of attachment anxiety on depressive symptoms.