The effects of childhood abuse,insecurity on emotional distress of medical students: a path analysis
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2011.10.023
- VernacularTitle:儿童期虐待、不安全感对医学生情感痛苦影响的路径分析
- Author:
Houfeng ZHAO
;
Jiao LI
;
Xianghua ZHU
;
Deqing GENG
;
Yongjie YANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Childhood abuse;
Insecurity;
Emotional distress;
Path analysis;
College students
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2011;20(10):926-928
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the Mediating effect of insecurity between childhood abuse and emotional distress of medical students,and to provide basis to intervene their mental disorder.Methods Through stratified sampling,262 medical students in Jiangsu were investigated by the Personal Report of Childhood Abuse( PRCA),Self-Rating Feeling of Insecurity Scale( SRFIS),Beck Depression Inventory( BDI ),Self-rating Anxiety Scale(SAS)and Suicide Ideation Scale(SIS).A path analysis was applied by Analysis of Moment Structures(AMOS) version 7.0.Results The path analysis showed that childhood abuse was directly related to insecurity of medical students ( β =0.538,P ＜0.01 ),and was directly related to emotional distress ( β =0.435,P ＜ 0.01 ).Insecurity were directly related to emotional distress of medical students ( β =0.342,P ＜ 0.05 ).Insecurity mediated partly the relationship between childhood abuse and emotional distress of medical students.The model fit indexes were X2/df =1.365 ＜ 3.000,P =O.082 ＞ 0.05,RMSEA =0.037 ＜ 0.050,GFI =0.971,AGFI =0.940,NFI =0.943,RFI =0.902,IFI =0.984,TLI =0.972,CFI =0.984.Conclusion Insecurity as mediated variable mediates the relationship between childhood abuse and emotional distress of medical students.
