Relationship between personality. positive psychological resource and depression in elderly:a path model
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2012.06.004
- VernacularTitle:老年人人格、积极心理资源与抑郁的路径模型
- Author:
Kuo ZHANG
;
Meng LI
;
Sai ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Elderly;
Personality;
Positive psychological resource;
Depression
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2012;21(6):491-493
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
ObjectiveTo explore the relation between personality and depression in elderly,particularly to investigate mediating effect of positive psychological resource.MethodsThe eysenck personality questionaire-revised short scale for Chinese(EPQ-RSC),self-rating depression scale(SDS) and scales for positive psychological resource were performed by 270 elderly in community of Tianjin.Then correlation analysis,regression analysis and path analysis were accomplished to explore association between those variables.Results Neuroticism and Psychoticism personality correlate positively with depression ( r=0.45,0.48) and contribute about 30％ variance of it (F=49.95 ).Positive psychological resource such as optimism,resilience and self-efficacy correlated negatively with depression ( r =- 0.41,- 0.39,- 0.20 ) and contributed 19％ variance of it (F =30.02 ).The results of path analysis showed positive psychological resource mediated the relation between personality and depression also.ConclusionNeuroticism and Psychoticism are important risk factors of depression in elderly.Positive psychological resource such as optimism,resilience and self-efficacy are key protecting factors for depression and they mediate the relation between vulnerable personality and depression.
