The subjective experience of a sense of meaning in life is an important aspect of psychological well-being. Developmental experiences that contribute to attachment security or insecurity may shape individual differences in the capacity for meaning in life. Such relations may also be influenced by difficulties in emotional processing, such as alexithymia. The present study examined attachment anxiety and avoidance as mediators of the association between perceived parental emotional support during childhood and the presence of meaning in life, as well as the moderating role of alexithymia. A sample of 245 community members completed study assessments, and correlational and regression analyses were used to examine hypothesized parallel mediation and moderated mediation models. Attachment anxiety, but not attachment avoidance, was found to significantly mediate the association between early parental support and meaning in life. Conditional process analysis further indicated alexithymia to moderate this mediation pathway, with the mediating effect of attachment anxiety becoming stronger at lower levels of alexithymia. Thus, results indicated that positive perceptions of parental support were associated with attachment security, in the form of reduced attachment anxiety, which in turn was linked with greater meaning in life. Moreover, this pathway was strongest among individuals with relatively better emotional processing abilities, or lower alexithymia.

对生活意义感的主观体验是心理健康的一个重要方面。有助于依恋安全或不安全的发展经历可能会塑造个体在生命意义能力方面的差异。这种关系也可能受到情绪处理困难的影响，例如述情障碍。本研究考察了依恋焦虑和回避作为童年时期感知到的父母情感支持与生活意义存在之间关联的中介，以及述情障碍的调节作用。245 名社区成员的样本完成了研究评估，并使用相关和回归分析来检查假设的平行中介和有调节的中介模型。依恋焦虑，但不是依恋回避，发现显着调节早期父母支持与生活意义之间的关联。条件过程分析进一步表明述情障碍可以缓和这种中介途径，依恋焦虑的中介作用在述情障碍水平较低时变得更强。因此，结果表明，对父母支持的积极看法与依恋安全相关，表现为依恋焦虑减少，而依恋焦虑又与更大的生活意义相关。此外，这种途径在情绪处理能力相对较好或述情障碍较低的个体中最强。在述情障碍水平较低的情况下，依恋焦虑的中介作用变得更强。因此，结果表明，对父母支持的积极看法与依恋安全相关，表现为依恋焦虑减少，而依恋焦虑又与更大的生活意义相关。此外，这种途径在情绪处理能力相对较好或述情障碍较低的个体中最强。在述情障碍水平较低的情况下，依恋焦虑的中介作用变得更强。因此，结果表明，对父母支持的积极看法与依恋安全相关，表现为依恋焦虑减少，而依恋焦虑又与更大的生活意义相关。此外，这种途径在情绪处理能力相对较好或述情障碍较低的个体中最强。