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correlated (r = .45), suggesting that a general underlying factor still existed. To obtain a
common underlying factor, each participants' Factor 1 and Factor 2 scores were added together
to create a third factor, labeled overall caregiver attachment. This factor indicated the degree to
which participants were securely or insecurely attached to their caregivers. The higher the
participant's score on overall caregiver attachment, the more securely attached the participant
was to his/her caregivers.
Correlations between overall caregiver attachment and the six ASM subtypes, overall
caregiver attachment and the demographic variables and overall caregiver attachment and the
dependent variables were then run. As shown in Table 9, all ASM subtypes were highly
correlated (r's .70 or higher) with overall caregiver attachment. Thus, higher overall caregiver
attachment scores are indicative of more secure attachment to caregivers and lower overall
caregiver attachment scores point to greater insecure attachment to caregivers.
The correlations between overall caregiver attachment and demographic variables are
shown in Table 10. Age was negatively correlated with overall caregiver attachment. Younger
participants were more likely than older participants to report being securely attached to
caregivers.
The correlations between overall caregiver attachment and all dependent variables are
shown in Table 11. Overall caregiver attachment was negatively correlated with AGI anxious,
AGI avoidant, DEQ introjective, and BDI and positively correlated with spirituality/religiosity
and DEQ efficacy. Participants with more secure attachment to caregivers reported being
spiritual/religious, having less anxious and less avoidant attachments to God, having less
introjective depressive experiences and depression symptomology, and more personal resilience
and inner strength.57
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Hill, Mary Kathleen. Individual attachment styles and the correspondence/compensation hypotheses in relation to depression and depressive experiences., dissertation, August 2008; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9092/m1/64/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .