The role of introverted personality and social support in the mediating effects of depression and loneliness for medical students
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2017.09.010
- VernacularTitle:医学生内向性格和社会支持在抑郁情绪与孤独感之间的中介作用
- Author:
Ying XUE
1
;
Hong XU
;
Yan XU
;
Weizhi YU
;
Wei CHEN
;
Dong AN
;
Huairui LI
;
Zhaoyang XIAO
;
Yuqing DENG
;
Shengming YIYUAN
;
Yin TANG
Author Information
1. 大连医科大学基础医学院
- Keywords:
Medical student;
Loneliness;
Multiple mediation models;
Personality;
Social support
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2017;26(9):820-824
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the effect of depression on loneliness in medical students',and the mediating effects of introverted personality and social support.Methods EPQ,UCLA,SSRS,and POMS questionnaire were used,and surveyed data was collected from Dalian Medical University medical students.Results The scores of depressive mood,introverted personality,social support and loneliness were (17.77±4.45),(11.97±5.21),(34.52±6.15) and (38.02±6.36).Depression was positively related to loneliness and introverted personality (r=0.286,0.508,P＜0.01),and social support was negatively related to loneliness (r =-0.443,P＜0.01).Introverted personality was positively related to loneliness(r=0.401,P＜0.01).The total effect value was 0.670.The mediating effect of introversion as mediator variable was 0.221,accounting for 33％ of the total effect.Social support as intermediary variable,intermediary effect value was 0.449,accounting for 67％ of the total effect.Standard value of mediating effect between depression and introverted personality showed as 0.508 (95％CI=0.475-0.725,P＜0.0i),standard value of mediating effect between depression and social support showed as-0.150 (95％CI=0.989-1.469,P＜0.01),introverted personality was the mediating variant of depression and loneliness,standard value of mediating effect was 0.156 (95％ CI=0.080-0.232,P＜0.01),social support was the mediating variant of depression and loneliness,standard value of mediating effect was 0.317 (95％ CI=0.177-0.457,P＜0.01).Conclusions Introverted personality and social support play an intermediary role between depression and loneliness.
