Table 1
Mean (SD) and intercorrelations (r) between the Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ), the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), and the Zung Self-Report Depression Scale (ZSDS)
|
M (SD) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ASQ | ||||||||||||||
|
1 |
Confidence |
29.76 (5.31) |
– |
−0.67 |
0.38* |
−0.52* |
−0.26* |
0.22* |
−0.16* |
−0.18* |
−0.39* |
−0.18* |
−0.37* |
−0.48 |
|
2 |
Discomfort with Closeness |
37.16 (7.64) |
−0.67″ |
– |
0.55* |
0.38* |
0.16 |
−0.11 |
0.16* |
0.19* |
0.36* |
0.24* |
0.33* |
0.36* |
|
3 |
Relationships as Secondary |
16.60 (4.70) |
−0.38* |
0.55* |
– |
0.23* |
0.02 |
−0.19 |
0.06 |
0.′13″ |
0.20″ |
0.21″ |
0.27″ |
0.50* |
|
4 |
Need for Approval |
21.17 (5.63) |
−0.52* |
0.38* |
0.23* |
– |
0.51* |
−0.08 |
0.39* |
0.31* |
0.50* |
0.33* |
0.54* |
0.35* |
|
5 |
Preoccupation with Relationships |
30.13 (5.57) |
−0.26* |
0.16 |
0.02 |
0.51* |
– |
0.15 |
0.30* |
0.28* |
0.31* |
0.21* |
0.42* |
0.26* |
|
DERS | ||||||||||||||
|
6 |
Awareness |
21.95 (4.58) |
0.22* |
−0.11 |
−0.19 |
−0.08 |
0.15 |
– |
0.14 |
0.14 |
−0.08 |
−0.22 |
0.06 |
−0.20* |
|
7 |
Goals |
15.51 (3.68) |
−0.16* |
0.16* |
0.06 |
0.39* |
0.30* |
0.14 |
– |
0.52* |
0.36* |
0.26* |
0.58* |
0.34* |
|
8 |
Impulse |
13.10 (3.85) |
−0.18* |
0.19* |
0.13″ |
0.31* |
0.28* |
0.14 |
0.52* |
– |
0.39* |
0.26* |
0.63* |
0.42* |
|
9 |
Nonacceptance |
14.12 (6.34) |
−0.39* |
0.36* |
0.20″ |
0.50* |
0.31* |
−0.08 |
0.36* |
0.39* |
– |
0.23* |
0.63* |
0.50* |
|
10 |
Clarity |
11.28 (2.65) |
−0.18* |
0.24* |
0.21″ |
0.33* |
0.21* |
−0.22 |
0.26* |
0.26* |
0.23* |
– |
0.33* |
0.44* |
|
11 |
Strategies |
19.82 (5.87) |
−0.37* |
0.33* |
0.27″ |
0.54* |
0.42* |
0.06 |
0.58* |
0.63* |
0.63* |
0.33* |
– |
0.57* |
|
12 |
ZSDS |
38.01 (7.99) |
−0.48* |
0.36* |
0.50* |
0.35* |
0.26* |
−0.20* |
0.34* |
0.42* |
0.50* |
0.44* |
0.57* |
– |
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01
Fig. 1
The mediating role of limited access to strategies in the relationship between depression and a need for approval and b preoccupation with relationships. Standardized coefficients of direct and indirect (in brackets) effects are presented
