ERIC Number: EJ1490200
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0306-9885
EISSN: EISSN-1469-3534
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The Exclusion Experienced by Adolescents Plays a Mediating Role in the Effect of Their Insecure Attachments on Their Depressive Experiences: A Cross-Sectional Study among High School Students in Turkey
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, v53 n4 p531-546 2025
This study examined the mediating role of ostracism in the relationship between adolescents' attachment styles and depression levels. The sample of this study consists of 621 adolescents (66.8% (n = 415) female and 33.2% (n = 206) male) living in one of the developed cities in Turkey. The results showed that ostracism partially mediates the relationship between secure, avoidant, and anxious-ambivalent attachment styles and depression. Based on the results of the study, we confirmed that ostracism partially mediates the relationship between secure attachment and depression. Secure attachment predicted ostracism and depression negatively; we found that ostracism predicted depression positively. Secondly, we found that avoidant attachment predicted depression and ostracism positively, and ostracism played a mediating role in this relationship. Finally, we concluded that anxious-ambivalent attachment positively explains ostracism and depression and that ostracism plays a mediating role in this relationship.
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Depression (Psychology), High School Students, Foreign Countries, Correlation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales
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Author Affiliations: 1Faculty of Education, Department of Guidance and Counseling, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Istanbul, Turkey; 2Faculty of Education, Department of Guidance and Counseling, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey

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