Moderator or mediating effect of perceived social support between alexithymia and negative psychology of nurses
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2012.03.025
- VernacularTitle:领悟社会支持在护理人员述情障碍与消极心理间的调节中介效应
- Author:
Shuwen LI
;
Guiying YAO
;
Yuling LIU
;
Wenjuan LIANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Alexithymia;
Negative psychology;
Perceived social support;
Mediating effect
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2012;21(3):265-267
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the regulative or mediating effect of perceived social support on the relationship between alexithymia and negative psychology of nurses.Methods A total of 503 nurses were surveyed by Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 ( TAS-20),Perceived Social Support Scale ( PSSS ) and Genera Health Questionnaire-20 (GHQ-20).Results The scores of alexithymia,perceived social support and negative psychology of nurses were(54.82 ± 8.43 ),( 61.9 ± 9.78 ) and ( 3.70 ± 2.61 ),respectively.Alexithymia was significant positive correlated with negative psychology ( r =0.49,P ＜ 0.01 ),perceived social support was significant negative correlated with negative psychology ( r =-0.32,P＜ 0.01 ),alexithymia was significant negative correlated with perceived social support( r=-0.36,P＜0.01 ).In the test of Perceived social support's regulative effect between alexithymia and negative psychology,R12 was 0.259 and R22 was 0.257,R22 did not significantly improve,and in the second layer,t=-0.538,P＞ 0.05.The model fit indexes of perceived social support's partial mediating effect on the relationship between alexithymia and negative psychology were x2/df =1.645,RMSEA =0.036,CFI =0.995,IFI =0.995,RFI =0.960,TLI =0.984,NFI =0.987,GFI =0.993,AGFI =0.973.The model was proved well.Conclusion Perceived social support partially mediates the relationship between alexithymia and negative psychology,instand of regulating it.
