The relationship between subjective social status and mental health in medical students: the moderating role of self-compassion
10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20230404-00157
- VernacularTitle:医学生主观社会地位与心理健康的关系：自我同情的调节作用
- Author:
Xiaoxue YI
1
;
Xihua ZENG
Author Information
1. 南方医科大学公共卫生学院心理学系，广州 510515
- Keywords:
Subjective social status;
Mental health;
Depression;
Anxiety;
Flourishing;
Self-compassion;
Medical students
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2024;33(1):69-74
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the relationship between subjective social status (SSS) and mental health (depression, anxiety, and flourishing) among medical students, and to examine the moderating role of self-compassion in this process.Methods:The Chinese version of the subjective socioeconomic status scale (CSSS), self-compassion scale (SCS), patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD-7) and flourishing scale (FS) were used to investigate 2 440 medical students in December 2021. SPSS 26.0 software was used for descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. Multilevel regression analysis was used to investigate the moderating role of self-compassion on the relationship between SSS and mental health.Results:(1) Correlation analysis showed that SSS(5.32±1.46)was negatively correlated with depression(5.00(3.00, 8.00))and anxiety(3.00(1.00, 6.00)) ( r=-0.166, -0.128, both P<0.01), and was positively correlated with flourishing(40.69±8.45)( r=0.242, P<0.01). Self-compassion(86.63±13.16)was negatively correlated with depression and anxiety ( r=-0.538, -0.511, both P<0.01), and was positively correlated with flourishing ( r=0.543, P<0.01). (2) Multilevel regression analysis showed that SSS could significantly and negatively predict depression( β=-0.065, P<0.001), and positively predict flourishing( β=0.157, P<0.001). Self-compassion played a significantly positive moderating role in the relationship between SSS and depression( β=0.055, P<0.01), and the negative relationship between SSS and depression decreased with increasing self-compassion.Self-compassion played a significantly negative moderating role in the relationship between SSS and flourishing( β=-0.037, P<0.05), the positive relationship between SSS and flourishing decreased with increasing self-compassion. Conclusion:SSS can predict mental health of medical students.Self-compassion plays a moderating role in the relationship between SSS and mental health and can mitigate the damage of low SSS on the mental health of medical students.
