Cross lag analysis of attitudes towards disability and depression in hearing impaired college students
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2020.09.019
- VernacularTitle:听力障碍大学生残疾态度与抑郁交叉滞后分析
- Author:
LIU Sha,MEN Ruixue,FAN Zhiguang
1
Author Information
1. School of Marxism,Changchun University of Chinese Medicine,Changchun (130017), China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hearing disorders;
Depression;
Attitude;
Mental health;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2020;41(9):1350-1353
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the relationship between attitudes towards disability and depression in hearing impaired college students,and to provide a basis for the mental health development of disabled college students.
Methods:A six-month two stage longitudinal follow-up study was conducted among 325 hearing impaired college students in a college of special education in Jilin Province, by using the World Health Organization attitudes towards disabilitys Scales and the Self-rating Depression Scale.
Results:The results of correlation analysis showed that disability attitudes was negatively correlated with depression at both time points(r=-0.39，-0.24，P<0.01); The results of cross lag regression analysis showed that T1 attitudes towards disability had a negative predictive effect on T2 depression(β=-0.30，P<0.01), while T1 depression had no significant predictive effect on T2 attitudes towards disability (β=-0.02，P=0.78). There was no significant gender difference in the interaction between attitudes towards disability and depression in hearing impaired college students(Δχ2=6.94，Δdf=8，P=0.54).
Conclusion:Attitudes towards disability of hearing impaired college students is closely related to depression,disability attitudes can negatively predict depression, and there is no significant gender difference.
