Summit
2025 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2025
Race and Collectivism Moderate Links between Attachment and Mental Health
- 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.
Relationship Science