Attachment anxiety predicts worse mental health outcomes during COVID-19: Evidence from two studies.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 has resulted in a mental health crisis across the globe. Understanding factors that may have increased individuals' risk of poor mental health outcomes is imperative. Individual differences in attachment styles have been shown to predict poorer mental health outcomes and insecure individuals struggle to cope with stressful situations. Therefore, we extended past research by examining whether higher attachment insecurity (anxiety and avoidance) predicted worse mental health over time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study 1 examined mood and mood fluctuations daily over a week in the beginning of lockdown and depression and anxiety weekly over a five-week period (n = 200). Study 2 examined depression and anxiety before and during the pandemic (n = 100 couples). As predic

SUBMITTER: Vowels LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8449823 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature