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By:Christine Diane Scher
Published on 2000 by

Childhood insecure attachment has been linked to almost every category of DSM-IV psychopathology in adulthood. Nonetheless, few studies have examined the mechanisms that lead from childhood attachment to later psychopathology, and few explanations have been offered to explain how attachment is linked to such varied phenomena. Thus, to better understand the role of early attachment in the development of adult psychological disturbance, the current study examined a causal model of relationships between childhood attachment and later anxiety and depression suggested by schema and attachment theories. Specifically, current attachment schemas were expected to mediate relationships between childhood attachment experiences and adult psychological distress. Four hypotheses were examined: (1) anxious attachment schemas mediate relationships between parental threatening behavior and anxious symptomatology, (2) anxious attachment schemas mediate relationships between parental threatening behavior and anxious affect, (3) dependable attachment schemas mediate relationships between parental hostility and rejection and depressive symptomatology, and (4) dependable attachment schemas mediate relationships between parental hostility and rejection and depressive affect. To test these hypotheses, 68 introductory psychology students with nonclinical levels of psychological distress participated in 4 longitudinal study. Students completed self-report measures of anxious and depressive symptomatology and affect, adult attachment schemas, and childhood attachment experiences during an initial research session. Eight weeks later, after completion of their fourth introductory psychology midterm, students again completed measures of anxious and depressive symptomatology and affect, as well as an interview assessing the stressful impact of the midterm. Regression analyses did not support the four mediational hypotheses. Nonetheless, two findings provide support for the idea that childhood attachment experiences differentially predict adult attachment schemas: (1) parental threatening behaviors predicted anxious attachment schemas, F(1,66) = 8.24, p

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