The mediating effect of maladaptive perfectionism between depression and self-injurious function in adolescents with self-injury
10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20250627-00294
- VernacularTitle:非适应性完美主义在自伤青少年抑郁与自伤功能间的中介作用
- Author:
Fangfang XU
1
;
Xianfei JIANG
;
Xiaodi NIU
;
Luning SHANG
;
Zhonghua SU
Author Information
1. 山东省戴庄医院儿童青少年心理科，济宁 272051
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Depression;
Self-injurious behavior;
Perfectionism;
Self-injurious function;
Mediating effect;
Adolescent
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2025;34(11):1012-1017
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the relationship between depression, perfectionism and self-injurious function in adolescents with self-injury.Methods:A total of 6 149 adolescents from two middle schools were selected by multi-stage random sampling method to conduct a cross-sectional investigation, and 530 cases with self-injurious behaviors were screened out as the self-injury group, while the remaining 5 619 students served as the non-self-injury group.The self-rating depression scale, the Chinese-revised Frost multidimensional perfectionism scale, and the Ottawa self-injury inventory Chinese revised version were used for investigation.SPSS 24.0 software was used for descriptive statistics and Spearman correlation analysis, and the PROCESS 4.1 macro program was used for mediating effect test(model 4)and moderating effect test(model 7).Results:(1)The incidence of self-injury among adolescents was 8.62%(530/6 149), which was significantly different in gender( χ2=50.942, P<0.01) and grade( χ2=37.401, P<0.01). (2)The scores of depression(48(41, 55)) and maladaptive perfectionism(64(53, 76)) in the self-injury group were higher than those in the non-self-injury group(36(29, 43), 49(35, 61)), and the differences were statistically significant( Z=-23.233, -18.599, both P<0.01). (3)Adolescents with self-injury mostly had external emotion regulation(70.38%(373/530)) as the dominant function.(4)The results of Spearman correlation analysis showed that self-injurious function was significantly and positively correlated with depression( r=0.382, P<0.01) and maladaptive perfectionism( r=0.356, P<0.01), and depression was significantly and positively correlated with maladaptive perfectionism( r=0.352, P<0.01). (5)Maladaptive perfectionism partially mediated the relationship between depression and self-injurious function( β=0.086, P<0.001), and the mediating effect accounted for 21.88%(0.086/0.393)of the total effect.(6)Gender moderated the first stage of the mediation pathway(depression→maladaptive perfectionism)( β=0.180, P<0.05), which indicated that depression had a stronger predictive effect on maladaptive perfectionism in women( βsimple=0.105, 95% CI=0.063-0.154, P<0.05). Conclusion:In the prediction of depression on self-injurious function, maladaptive perfectionism plays a partial mediating role, and this mediating effect is moderated by gender.
