Longitudinal relationships between solution-focused thinking and depressive symptoms in college students

VernacularTitle:大学生焦点解决思维与抑郁症状关系的追踪研究
Author: Rui GUO ¹ ; Hongfei YANG ; Shehong LIANG
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1. 浙江大学心理健康教育与咨询中心,杭州 310058;浙江大学心理与行为科学系,杭州 310058
Keywords: solution-focused thinking; depressive symptoms; longitudinal research; cross-lagged analysis
From: Chinese Mental Health Journal 2024;38(2):158-163
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective:To investigate the longitudinal relationship between solution-focused thinking and de-pressive symptoms in college students.Methods:A total of 261 college students were assessed with the Solution-Fo-cused Inventory(SFI)and Self-rating Depression Scale(SDS)in a 3-month interval.Data were analyzed with re-petitive measures analysis of variance and the cross-lagged panel model.Results:The detection rates for depressive symptoms at baseline and 3-month laterwere 39.46％and 47.89％,respectively.The scores of problem disengage-ment showed decrease after 3 months(P＜0.01).In the cross-lagged model,the baseline scores of SFI could signif-icantly predict the decrease in scores of SDS after 3 months(β=-0.19,P＜0.05),while the baseline scores of SDS could not predict the scores of SFI after 3 months(β=-0.05,P＞0.05).Conclusion:The findings suggest that solution-focused thinking may alleviate depressive symptoms.