Contribution of attachment insecurity to health-related quality of life in depressed patients

Table 2 Beck Depression Inventory and Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire scores across the attachment styles (mean ± SD)

Variable	Attachment style1			ANOVA F-value	Tukey post-hoc single comparisons
	Secure (n = 32)	Anxious/ambivalent(n = 12)	Avoidant (n = 23)
BDI	9.7 ± 5.4	14.0 ± 6.1	13.8 ± 6.5	4.13a	A/A > S, A > S, A/A = A
Q-LES-Q	48.5 ± 6.9	42.2 ± 8.4	41.9 ± 8.7	5.69b	A/A < S, A < S, A/A = A

¹Hazan and Shaver classification of adult attachment styles. S: Secure; A/A: Anxious/ambivalent; A: Avoidant; BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; Q-LES-Q: Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire.

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01.