Chang Shu-Man, Law Daniel W, Chang Her-Kun
Center of General Education; Graduate Institute of Business and Management, College of Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chang Gung Med J. 2011 Sep-Oct;34(5):528-35.
Depression in Taiwanese university students is a significant problem in terms of life and financial costs. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of four selected personality traits, namely interpersonal problems, ideas of being persecuted, social students in introversion, and self depreciation, on the inclination to be depressed among students in Taiwanese university.
A self-report survey was administered to students at a Taiwanese university and consisted of three parts: demographics, the Chinese version of the Basic Personality Inventory (BPI), and the Taiwanese Depression Questionnaire. The level of depression among students was assessed, and the relationships among the various variables were explored using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and regression.
Altogether, 255 students successfully completed the survey. Overall, 37.62% of students were suffering from depression, including 4.7% who indicated that they were severely depressed, 18.30% who were moderately depressed, and 14% who were mildly depressed. In a multiple-regression model, ideas of being persecuted and self depreciation were both significant when predicting an inclination to be depressed.
Depression is a problem for many university students in Taiwan. Understanding which personality traits are related to depression in Taiwanese students is important for student affair administrators and medical professionals and will help them to prevent and treat this debilitating illness.
台湾大学生的抑郁问题在生活和经济成本方面都是一个重大问题。本研究的目的是考察四种特定人格特质，即人际问题、受迫害观念、内向社交型学生以及自我贬低，对台湾大学生抑郁倾向的影响。
对一所台湾大学的学生进行了一项自陈式调查，该调查由三部分组成：人口统计学信息、中文版基本人格量表（BPI）以及台湾抑郁问卷。评估了学生的抑郁水平，并使用方差分析（ANOVA）和回归分析探索了各变量之间的关系。
共有255名学生成功完成了调查。总体而言，37.62%的学生患有抑郁症，其中4.7%表示自己严重抑郁，18.30%为中度抑郁，14%为轻度抑郁。在多元回归模型中，受迫害观念和自我贬低在预测抑郁倾向时均具有显著性。
抑郁是台湾许多大学生面临的问题。了解哪些人格特质与台湾学生的抑郁有关，对学生事务管理人员和医学专业人员很重要，将有助于他们预防和治疗这种使人衰弱的疾病。
