Insecure attachment is regarded as a risk factor for depressive symptoms. However, insecure attachment can be divided into attachment avoidance and anxiety, so a better understanding of the relationship between attachment avoidance, attachment anxiety, and depressive symptoms is needed. The current study applied a structural equation model to verify our hypothesis that different facets of affective empathy mediate the relationship between attachment avoidance, attachment anxiety, and depressive symptoms. The participants of this study included four hundred and sixty-four undergraduate students who completed the Experiences in Close Relationships-Relationship Structures Questionnaire, Interpersonal Reactivity Index, and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. The results indicated that the correlation between attachment avoidance and depressive symptoms was mediated by empathic concern, while the correlation between attachment anxiety and depressive symptoms was mediated by personal distress. These results implied that attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety work on depressive symptoms through different pathways.

不安全依恋被认为是抑郁症状的危险因素。然而，不安全依恋可分为依恋回避和依恋焦虑，因此需要更好地了解依恋回避、依恋焦虑和抑郁症状之间的关系。目前的研究应用结构方程模型来验证我们的假设，即情感移情的不同方面在依恋回避、依恋焦虑和抑郁症状之间的关系中起中介作用。本研究的参与者包括 464 名本科生，他们完成了亲密关系经历——关系结构问卷、人际反应指数和流行病学研究中心抑郁量表。结果表明，依恋回避与抑郁症状之间的相关性是由移情关注介导的，而依恋焦虑与抑郁症状之间的相关性是由个人痛苦介导的。这些结果表明，依恋回避和依恋焦虑通过不同的途径对抑郁症状起作用。