Adult Attachment, Role Balance, and Depressive Symptoms in Emerging Adulthood

Given the large body of evidence linking attachment insecurity to psychological distress (e.g., depression) in the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood and across the lifespan, there is a need to better understand how attachment dimensions (e.g., anxious, avoidant) influence depressive symptoms during this developmental period. Based on limited findings that difficulties with role balance may uniquely contribute to depression among...