| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 行為醫學研究所 === 96 === This study aimed to investigate the roles of insecure attachment styles, perceived spouse support and interpersonal conflict events in the development of reported somatic, social anxiety and depressive symptoms among women by utilizing a six-year longitudinal study. One hundred and thirty-three women were measured in two time periods on adult attachment (RQ), symptoms (SCL-90-R), and perceived spouse support between a six year interval; a life event survey was added in T2.
The cross-sectional analyses showed that insecure attachment consistently predicted only interpersonal sensitivity in the two time periods. Although T2 perceived spouse support significantly predicted interpersonal sensitivity and depressive symptoms, it failed to mediate insecure attachment in predicting the symptoms as hypothesized. The longitudinal analyses revealed that, after controlling T1 reported symptom and T2 age; T1 insecure attachment predicted the increases of T2 somatic and depressive symptoms and was mediated by T2 interpersonal conflicts. Interpersonal conflict moderated with perceived spouse support in predicting depressive symptoms. Moderator analyses revealed that interpersonal conflict failed to predict depressive symptoms among participants with high levels of spouse support.
The present study found that insecure attachment style had long-term effects on the increase in reported somatic and depressive symptoms. Moreover, perceived spouse support was found to be a buffer when encountering conflicts and not a mediator to insecure attachment in predicting reported depressive symptoms.
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