Fiori K L, McIlvane J M, Brown E E, Antonucci T C
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2321, USA.
Aging Ment Health. 2006 May;10(3):227-39. doi: 10.1080/13607860500310690.
This study investigates general and social self-efficacy as possible mediators of the relationship between quantity and quality of social relations and depressive symptomatology. Mediation models were examined using a regionally representative sample of middle-aged (35-59) and older adults (60+). Hierarchical regression analyses, controlling for age, race, sex, education, health, and family composition, revealed partial mediation for several social relations predictor variables. Whereas general self-efficacy acted as a partial mediator for only middle-aged adults, social self-efficacy was a partial mediator between social relations and depressive symptomatology only among older adults. Findings suggest that self-efficacy may function as a mechanism through which social relations influence depressive symptoms, and that the importance of this mechanism as domain-specific or domain-general may vary with age.
本研究探讨一般自我效能感和社交自我效能感，它们可能是社会关系的数量与质量和抑郁症状之间关系的中介变量。使用一个具有地区代表性的中年（35 - 59岁）和老年人（60岁及以上）样本检验中介模型。在控制了年龄、种族、性别、教育程度、健康状况和家庭构成的情况下，分层回归分析揭示了几个社会关系预测变量的部分中介作用。虽然一般自我效能感仅在中年成年人中起到部分中介作用，但社交自我效能感仅在老年人中是社会关系和抑郁症状之间的部分中介变量。研究结果表明，自我效能感可能是社会关系影响抑郁症状的一种机制，并且这种机制作为特定领域或一般领域的重要性可能随年龄而变化。
