Adult attachment and intimate relationship satisfaction among university students: the chain mediating roles of appreciation and sense of giving
Mengyuan Zhu·Yanping Shu·Zheng Zuli·Lifan Liang·Qing Li·Juanrong Wen·Zhixia Wang·An Zhang·Gang Wu·Jiaoying Liu·Jiang Tan
Background Satisfying intimate relationships are fundamental to young adults’ psychological well-being. Although adult attachment theory provides a robust framework for understanding relationship quality, the mechanisms linking higher attachment anxiety and avoidance to lower relationship satisfaction remain underexplored. This study tested a chain mediation model in which appreciation (both expressed and felt) and sense of giving sequentially mediate the link between insecure attachment and rel