Summit

2025 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2025

Race and Collectivism Moderate Links between Attachment and Mental Health

Virtual · October 2025

Poster · Social Psychology

  • Jessica Stern
    Pomona College
  • Maria Zhang
    Pomona College
  • Edwin Wu
    Pomona College
  • Jamila Abdilahi
    Pomona College
  • Jacob Zarate
    Pomona College
  • Audrey-Ann Deneault
    Université de Montréal

Abstract

We examined whether race and collectivism moderate the association between attachment and mental health. N = 1,195 U.S. adults reported on their attachment style, cultural attitudes, and mental health symptoms. Attachment anxiety and avoidance predicted anxiety and depressive symptoms, but links varied significantly by race and collectivistic cultural attitudes.

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