TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
AU  - Meifen Wei, Daniel W. Russell and Robyn A Zakalik.
ED  - 
ED  - 
ED  - 
ED  - 
SN  - 0022-0167
PY  - 0000///46
CY  - 
PB  - 
KW  - 
KW  - 2
KW  - 0
KW  - 6
KW  - 20
KW  - Self - Disclosure
KW  - Loneliness
KW  - Depression
KW  - sears0
N1  - This longitudinal study examined whether social self-efficacy and self-disclosure serve as mediators between attachment and feelings of loneliness and subsequent depression. Participants were 308 freshmen at a large Midwestern university. Results indicated that social self-efficacy mediated the association between attachment anxiety and feelings of loneliness and subsequent depression, whereas self-disclosure mediated the association between attachment avoidance and feelings of loneliness and subsequent depression. These relationships were found after controlling for the initial level of depression. A total of 55% of the variance in loneliness was explained by attachment anxiety, social self-efficacy, and self-disclosure, whereas 42% of the variance in subsequent depression was explained by the initial level of loneliness and depression. Implications of the findings for enhancing freshman adjustment are discussed; 5
ER  -