Centre for Health Behaviours Research, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin.
Int J Psychol. 2011 Jun 1;46(3):234-40. doi: 10.1080/00207594.2011.554553.
The relationship between personality, social functioning, and depression remains unclear. The present study employs structural equation modeling to examine the mediating role of social functioning between harm avoidance (HA), self-directedness (SD), and depression. A sample of 902 individuals completed a self-report questionnaire consisting of the following scales: HA and SD subscales of the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Social Adaptation Self-Evaluation Scale (SASS). Structural equation modeling via analysis of moment structure was used to estimate the fit of nine related models. Results indicated that social functioning is a mediator between harm avoidance or self-directness and depression. Self-directedness was also shown to have direct effects on depression. The results support the social reinforcement theory of depression and provide a theoretical account of how the variables are related based on correlation methods. Suggestions are offered for future experimental and longitudinal research.
人格、社会功能与抑郁之间的关系仍不清楚。本研究采用结构方程模型，检验社会功能在回避倾向（HA）、自我导向（SD）和抑郁之间的中介作用。902 名个体完成了一份自我报告问卷，包括气质与性格问卷（TCI）的回避倾向和自我导向分量表、贝克抑郁量表（BDI）和社会适应自评量表（SASS）。采用矩结构分析的结构方程模型来估计九个相关模型的拟合度。结果表明，社会功能在回避倾向或自我导向与抑郁之间起中介作用。自我导向也对抑郁有直接影响。结果支持抑郁的社会强化理论，并根据相关方法提供了一个变量之间如何相关的理论解释。为未来的实验和纵向研究提出了建议。
