Preliminary Evidence that Thoughts of Thwarted Belongingness Mediate the Relations Between Level of Attachment Insecurity and Depression and Suicide-Related Thoughts in Inpatient Adolescents

Venta, Amanda; Mellick, William; Schatte, Dawnelle; Sharp, Carla

doi:10.1521/jscp.2014.33.5.428

Cited by 59Suicide and Self-Harm StudiesAttachment and Relationship DynamicsAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Preliminary Evidence that Thoughts of Thwarted Belongingness Mediate the Relations Between Level of Attachment Insecurity and Depression and Suicide-Related Thoughts in Inpatient Adolescents

Venta, Amanda, Mellick, William, Schatte, Dawnelle, Sharp, Carla·2014·Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

DOI 10.1521/jscp.2014.33.5.428

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There are well-documented associations between adolescent depression, suicide-related thoughts, and interpersonal functioning, which include identified relations between these variables and insecure attachment. Dykas and Cassidy (2011) recently reframed traditional attachment theory into a social information processing model in which early caregiver experiences produce secure or insecure attachment-related schemas which, in turn, lead to biased social information processing. This model echoes Beck's cognitive theory, which suggests that negative schemas arise from negative experiences and act on daily life through negative thoughts about the self, the world, and others. No one has extended Dykas and Cassidy's (2011) model to the level of attachment-related thoughts to explore how attachment-related schemas relate to depressive cognitions. In this study, we sought preliminary evidence for this hypothesis with two specific aims. First, we sought to determine whether the relation between level of attachment security and depression was mediated by thoughts of thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness, constructs of Joiner's Interpersonal Psychological theory. Second, we sought to evaluate whether the same constructs mediated the relation between level of attachment security and suicide-related thoughts. Analyses conducted with N = 124 inpatient adolescents revealed that level of maternal attachment insecurity was significantly correlated with thwarted belongingness, depression, and suicide-related thoughts. Thwarted belongingness mediated the relation between level of maternal attachment security and depression as well as the relation between attachment security and suicide-related thoughts. Thus, interpersonal risk factors for depression and suicide-related thoughts, like level of attachment insecurity, may be mitigated by addressing thoughts associated with thwarted belongingness.

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Considerable-level relationships have been discovered between attachment styles and need for belongingness and intimacy.
“considerable-level relationships were discovered between attachment styles and need for belongingness and intimacy (Greenwood & Long, 2011;Venta, Mellick, Schatte, & Sharp, 2014).”
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Authors: Venta, A., Mellick, W., Schatte, D., & Sharp, C.
Affiliations: University of Houston (US)
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
ORCID: Venta, Amanda
Mellick, William
Schatte, Dawnelle
Sharp, Carla
Venue: Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Published: 2014-05
Volume: 33
Issue: 5
Pages: 428-447
ISSN: 0736-7236 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2014.33.5.428
OpenAlex: W1968749613
Cited by: 59
References: 54
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2
FWCI: 3.93
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords: insecure attachment, thwarted belongingness, adolescent depression, maternal attachment, perceived burdensomeness, interpersonal theory, social information processing, mediation, adolescent inpatients

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Preliminary Evidence that Thoughts of Thwarted Belongingness Mediate the Relations Between Level of Attachment Insecurity and Depression and Suicide-Related Thoughts in Inpatient Adolescents

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