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Emotional awareness as a pathway linking adult attachment to subsequent depression.

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Monti, Jennifer D., Rudolph, Karen D.·2014·Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Although research links insecure adult attachment with depression, the emotional processes accounting for this association over time remain relatively unexplored. To address this gap, this study investigated whether deficits in emotional awareness serve as one explanatory process. Adult female caregivers (N = 417, Mage = 37.83) completed questionnaires annually for 3 years. As anticipated, attachment avoidance exerted an indirect effect on depression via emotional awareness. Attachment anxiety directly predicted subsequent depression, but the indirect effect through emotional awareness was nonsignificant. These results suggest that an avoidant attachment style interferes with the effective processing of emotions, thereby placing women at risk for depression. This research implicates emotional awareness as a potential target for interventions aimed at reducing depressive symptoms in mothers with avoidant attachment styles.

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  • Increased emotional awareness and coping self-efficacy may be two mechanisms by which secure attachment decreases stress reactivity.

    “Research suggests that increased emotional awareness24 and coping self-efficacy25,26 may be two mechanisms by which secure attachment decreases stress reactivity.”

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Authors
Monti, J. D., & Rudolph, K. D.
Affiliations
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
Venue
Journal of Counseling Psychology
Published
2014-07
Volume
61
Issue
3
Pages
374-382
ISSN
  • 0022-0167 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-2168
OpenAlex
W2328030812
Cited by
46
References
66
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 5 · 2014: 1
FWCI
3.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of Counseling Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Illinois
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH68444)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
emotional awareness, adult attachment, insecure attachment, attachment avoidance, attachment anxiety, depression, mothers, women caregivers, emotional processing, mediation
MeSH terms
Adult, Awareness, Depressive Disorder, Emotions, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Longitudinal Studies, Object Attachment, Surveys and Questionnaires, Rural Population, Urban Population, Caregivers

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