The Influence Of Attachment Style On Psychological Stress

Nowadays,China has gone through social changes.With rapid economic development and fierce social competition,people are generally under more psychological pressure.Psychological stress is an important factor in affecting physical and mental health.Moderate psychological pressure can help people better deal with the challenges in life and make life more energetic.Once the pressure is excessive,it will be harmful to people’s physical and mental health seriously,and even bring life threats.Psychological stress and coping has been one of the hot topics in domestic and foreign research.At present,domestic research on the mechanism of psychological stress is relatively few,there is still a huge space for further research.College stage is a critical period for individual growth and development.College students’ mental health is not only related to their personal development,but also has an important impact on the development of family,society and even the country.It is particularly important and necessary to study the psychological stress of college students.Relevant studies have shown that attachment style,self-criticism,dependence and anger expression can affect the perception and coping of psychological stress,but the mechanism of the relationship between the four is still unclear.Based on this,self-criticism,dependence and anger expression as the intermediate variables in this study,which discusses the influence mechanism of college students’ attachment style on psychological stress to enrich relevant theoretical and empirical research and promote the academic discussion on the internal mechanism of psychological stress.In this study,1018 college students from five universities in Harbin,Nanjing and Taiyuan were selected,and questionnaires were conducted by using the Intimate Relationship Experience Scale(ECR),Depression Experience Questionnaire(DEQ),State-Trait Anger Scale(STAX-Ⅱ),and Stress Distress Scale.Through statistical analysis,the results are as follows:(1)Attachment style,self-criticism,dependence,anger expression and psychological stress are significantly different in some demographic variables.(2)Attachment style has significant positive correlation with self-criticism,dependence,anger inward expression and psychological stress.Attachment anxiety was positively correlated with anger outward expression and negatively correlated with anger inward control.Attachment avoidance was negatively correlated with anger control.There was a significant positive correlation between self-criticism and anger outward expression,anger inward expression and psychological stress.Dependence was positively correlated with anger inward expression,anger outward control,anger inward control and psychological stress.There was a significant positive correlation between anger outward expression and anger inward expression and psychological stress.There was a significant negative correlation between anger control and stress.(3)Attachment style has a significant positive predictive effect on self-criticism,anger inward expression,and psychological stress.Attachment anxiety has a significant positive predictive effect on dependence.Self-criticism has a significant positive predictive effect on external expression of anger and inward expression of anger,psychological stress.Dependence has a significant positive predictive effect on anger inward expression,control of external anger,control of inward anger,and psychological stress.Anger outward expression and anger inward expression have a significant positive predictive effect on psychological stress.Controlling external anger has a significant negative predictive effect on psychological stress.(4)The relationship between attachment anxiety and psychological stress was partially mediated by self-criticism.The relationship between attachment anxiety and psychological stress was partially mediated by dependence.The relationship between attachment style and psychological stress was partially mediated by anger expression.(5)The dependence moderated the relationship between attachment avoidance and anger inward expression.Dependence plays a mediating role between attachment avoidance and psychological stress,and the mediating role is mediated by the complete mediating effect of anger inward expression,that is,the relationship between attachment avoidance,dependence,anger inward expression and psychological stress is a mediating model.(6)Self-criticism and anger introversion play a chain mediating role between attachment style and psychological stress;Self-criticism and anger expression play a chain mediating role between attachment anxiety and psychological stress.Dependency and anger internalization play a chain mediating role between attachment anxiety and psychological stress.