Investigation on the Latent Categories of Traditional Chinese Medicine Constitution in 1 097 College Students and Their Moderating Effects on the Associations Between Self-Efficacy and Depression-Anxiety
10.13359/j.cnki.gzxbtcm.2024.07.001
- VernacularTitle:1 097例大学生中医体质的潜在类别及其对自我效能感与抑郁焦虑关系的调节作用
- Author:
Wen-Na LIAO
1
;
Xiang-Han LUO
;
Yong-Peng SUN
;
Zeng-Jie YE
Author Information
1. 广东开放大学,广东广州 510091
- Keywords:
college students;
traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)constitution;
latent category;
depression;
anxiety;
self-efficacy;
psychological health
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024;41(7):1653-1661
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To analyze the latent categories of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)constitution of college students,and to explore the moderating effects of latent categories of TCM constitution on the the associations between self-efficacy and depression-anxiety symptoms.Methods An investigation was carried out in two universities of Guangdong Province with 30-item TCM constitution scale,General Self-Efficacy Scale(GSES)and Kessler Psychological Distress Scale,and then a total of 1 097 valid samples were obtained.Correlation analysis,latent profile analysis,and hierarchical regression analysis were used for statistical analysis.Results(1)Four latent categories of TCM constitution were obtained in the college students:generally-balanced type(32.0%),highly-balanced type(17.4%),generally-biased type(36.9%)and highly-biased type(13.7%).There were statistically significant differences in the subscale scores of TCM constitution scale among the college students with various latent categories of TCM constitution(all P＜0.001).(2)Hierarchical regression analysis showed that the self-efficacy negatively predicted the symptoms of depression and anxiety(β value being-0.268,-0.161 respectively,P＜0.001);with the generally-balanced type as reference,the generally-biased type and the highly-biased type positively predicted the symptoms of depression and anxiety,and the highly-balanced type negatively predicted the symptoms of depression and anxiety(all P＜0.001).(3)The latent categories of TCM constitution had moderating effects on the self-efficacy and depression-anxiety symptoms:the depression-anxiety symptoms were relieved with the increase of self-efficacy in the college students with the TCM constitution being generally-biased type,highly-biased type and generally-balanced type(all P＜0.01);in the college students with highly-balanced type,the symptoms of depression(β=0.005,P=0.907)and anxiety(β=0.007,P=0.878)did not change with the increase of self-efficacy.Conclusion Obvious heterogeneity of TCM constitution is presented in the population of college students.The measures of enhancement of self-efficacy and the correction of TCM to promote the psychological health of college students should be performed with reference to the characteristics of their TCM constitution types.
