Introduction: In two studies, we tested an anxiety-buffer disruption approach to depression, examining the effects of attachment insecurities, worldview threat, and death concerns on depression-related feelings. Method: In both studies, Israeli undergraduates reported on their attachment insecurities (anxiety, avoidance), were exposed to a worldview threat or a no-threat condition, and then rated their current level of depression-related feelings. Results: In Study 1 (N = 124), we also measured death-thought accessibility and found that a worldview threat (versus no-threat) heightened death-thought accessibility and depression feelings only among participants scoring relatively high on attachment anxiety, and that death-thought accessibility mediated the effects of worldview threat and attachment anxiety on feelings of depression. In Study 2 (N = 240), we randomly assigned participants to a mortality salience or a control condition and found that heightened death concerns caused more depression only when a worldview threat was present and participants' attachment anxiety was high. Discussion: The roles that disruption of anxiety buffering systems and death-related concerns play in depression were discussed.

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走向抑郁症的焦虑缓冲中断方法：依恋焦虑和世界观威胁提高死亡思维的可及性和抑郁相关的感觉

简介：在两项研究中，我们测试了抑郁症的焦虑缓冲破坏方法，检查了依恋不安全感、世界观威胁和死亡担忧对抑郁相关情绪的影响。方法：在这两项研究中，以色列本科生报告了他们的依恋不安全感（焦虑、回避）、暴露于世界观威胁或无威胁状态，然后评估他们目前与抑郁相关的感受水平。结果：在研究 1 (N = 124) 中，我们还测量了死亡想法的可及性，发现世界观威胁（与无威胁相比）仅在依恋焦虑得分相对较高的参与者中提高了死亡想法的可及性和抑郁感，并且死亡思想的可及性调节了世界观威胁和依恋焦虑对抑郁情绪的影响。在研究 2 (N = 240) 中，我们将参与者随机分配到死亡率显着性或控制条件下，发现只有在世界观威胁存在且参与者的依恋焦虑程度较高时，对死亡的高度关注才会导致更多的抑郁。讨论：讨论了焦虑缓冲系统的破坏和与死亡有关的担忧在抑郁症中的作用。