Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2009;18(11):1025-1027

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2009.11.023

Mediating effect of personality between attachment and defense style in college students

Yuanbing GUO ; Chaoyun HUANG

Keywords

Personality; Attachment; Defense style; Mediating effect

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Objective To explore the mechanism of personality between attachment and defense style in college students. Methods 291 students were surveyed with Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-R Short Scale (EPQ-RSC, Chinese Adaptation), Experience of Close Relationship Inventory(ECR, Chinese Adaptation) and Defense Style Questionnaire ( DSQ). Results ①Unmature defense style had significant positive correlations with anxiety, avoidance, neurotism and psychoticism(r = 0. 19,0.45,0.51,0. 19, P<0.01) ,and had significant negative correlation with extroversion(r= -0. 25, P<0. 01 ) . ②Extroversion acled as part meditator between attachment and unmature defense style. ③Neurotism served as part meditator between anxiety and unmature defense style. Conclusion Attachment is a remarkable predictor of unmature defense style and has indirect influence on it through neurotism and psychoticism.