Relation of negative life events,neuroticism and exercise frequency to depressive symptoms in college freshmen
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2024.11.012
- VernacularTitle:大学新生负性生活事件和神经质及运动频次与抑郁症状的关系
- Author:
Wei ZHANG
1
,
2
;
Xingmeng NIU
;
Xinyao ZHANG
;
Yiju WANG
;
Yan QIN
;
Yunxuan XIA
;
Fuqin MU
;
Yueqin HUANG
;
Shumin BO
;
Yan LIU
Author Information
1. 首都体育学院,北京 100191
2. 济宁医学院基础医学院,山东济宁 272067
- Keywords:
negative life events;
depressive symptoms;
neuroticism;
exercise frequency;
mediating effect;
moderating effect
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2024;38(11):996-1002
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:Analyzing the relationship between negative life events and depressive symptoms in university freshmen,and the mediating effects of neuroticism and the moderating role of exercise frequency.Meth-ods:A sampling of 8 079 university freshmen,and the Patient Health Questionnaire was used to assess depressive symptoms,the Eysenck Personality Inventory-Neuroticism subscale to assess neuroticism,the self-administered questionnaire to assess the number of negative life events that the participants had experienced and the exercise fre-quency.Model 4 in the Process plug-in was used to test the mediating effect of neuroticism,and Model 7 to test the moderating role of exercise frequency.Results:The numbers of negative life events were positively correlated with the depressive symptoms scores(r=0.16,P＜0.01),and were positively correlated with the neuroticism scores(r=0.26,P＜0.01).The neuroticism scores were positively correlated with the depressive symptoms scores(r=0.52,P＜0.01).Neuroticism score partially mediated between negative life events and depressive symptoms score,with a mediating effect of 78.4％,and exercise frequency score moderated between negative life events and neuroti-cism scores(β=-0.05,P=0.032).Conclusion:Negative life events are associated with depressive symptoms,neuroticism plays a mediating role,and exercise frequency could moderate negative life events and neuroticism.
