The Effect Of Adult Attachment On Interpersonal Trust Among College Students

Interpersonal trust is a prerequisite and core factor for individuals to establish good interpersonal relationships.College students are in a critical period of growth and development,facing various changes and challenges,and establishing good interpersonal trust and interpersonal relationships is of great significance to the college student group.Based on the internal working model of attachment,self-esteem sociometric theory,and rejection sensitivity model,this study takes the college student group as the research object,and mainly explores the inner connection between adult attachment,three kinds of heterogeneous self-esteem(including: defensive self-esteem,unstable self-esteem,and conditioned self-esteem),rejection sensitivity and interpersonal trust,and their underlying mechanisms of action;secondly,it clarifies the performance and differences of the college student group on the above research variables.In this study,the Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory Scale,Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirablility Scale,Self-Esteem Scale,The Contingencies of Self-Esteem Scale,Instability of Self-esteem Scale,Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire,and Interpersonal Trust Scale.Questionnaires were distributed to 1217 college students in Sichuan and Shandong provinces for data collection,SPSS 27.0 was selected for data entry management as well as descriptive statistics and correlation analysis,and the PROCESS macro system was used to analyze the role of three heterogeneous self-esteem types and rejection sensitivity in mediating the chain between adult attachment and interpersonal trust among college students,the final results of the study indicated that.(1)Interpersonal trust of college students differed significantly by gender;adult attachment of college students differed significantly by gender,place of birth,solitary or not,and grade level;unstable self-esteem and conditional self-esteem of college students differed significantly by gender,solitary or not,grade level,and place of birth;rejection sensitivity of college students differed significantly by place of birth,solitary or not,and grade level.(2)The two types of adult attachment were negatively and significantly correlated with defensive self-esteem and interpersonal trust;the two types of adult attachment were positively and significantly correlated with unstable self-esteem and rejection sensitivity;attachment anxiety was positively correlated with conditional self-esteem,and attachment avoidance was not significantly correlated with conditional self-esteem.(3)Unstable self-esteem of college students was significantly and positively correlated with conditional self-esteem,and defensive self-esteem was significantly and negatively correlated with unstable self-esteem;unstable self-esteem and conditional self-esteem of college students were significantly and positively correlated with rejection sensitivity,and significantly and negatively correlated with interpersonal trust;defensive self-esteem of college students was significantly and negatively correlated with rejection sensitivity,and significantly and positively correlated with interpersonal trust.(4)Rejection sensitivity of college students was significantly and negatively correlated with interpersonal trust.(5)College students’ unstable self-esteem mediated the relationship between adult attachment and interpersonal trust;college students’ conditional self-esteem mediated the relationship between attachment anxiety and interpersonal trust.(6)Rejection sensitivity of college students mediates the relationship between adult attachment and interpersonal trust.(7)The chain mediating role of conditioned self-esteem and defensive self-esteem with rejection sensitivity in the relationship between adult attachment and interpersonal trust,respectively,did not hold.(8)College students’ self-esteem and rejection sensitivity play a chain mediating role in the relationship between adult attachment and interpersonal trust;college students’ unstable self-esteem and rejection sensitivity play a chain mediating role in the relationship between adult attachment and interpersonal trust.