Associations between attachment styles, interpersonal stress, and smoking behavior among university students

Key Points

• To explore the connections between attachment styles, interpersonal stress, and smoking behavior in university students.
• Examined attachment styles among university students.
• Assessed levels of interpersonal stress and smoking behavior.
• Analyzed the mediating effects of depressive symptoms and loneliness on the relationships.
• Identified significant associations between attachment styles and smoking behavior.
• Found interpersonal stress to be linked with higher smoking rates.
• Depressive symptoms and loneliness mediated the relationship between attachment styles and smoking.