러시아ㆍ유라시아

This study examined the mediating role of basic psychological needs satisfaction in the relationship between attachment anxiety and depressive symptoms in university students. The following measurement instruments were used to collect the data: Center for Epidemiologic Studies—Depression Scale, Experiences in Close Relationships Scale and Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction General—Scale. Mediated effects were explored using a series of regression analyses and were further confirmed through bootstrapping procedures. Results revealed that basic psychological needs satisfaction partially mediated the relationship between attachment anxiety and depression. These results indicated that attachment anxiety was connected with depressive

symptoms in more complicated ways than had traditionally been suggested. Implications of the findings targeting basic psychological needs satisfaction in anxiously attached university students with higher levels of depressive symptoms for clinical practice are discussed.