School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430056, China.
Department of Education, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 27;18(21):11282. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111282.
Mental health promotion of economically disadvantaged youths is a popular issue in current China. Economically disadvantaged youths are at greater risk of depression. Ostracism may be an important predictor of depression for them. However, no consensus has been reached on the underlying mechanism between ostracism and depression. A total of 1207 economically disadvantaged youths were recruited from six universities in China. These youths were asked to complete questionnaires measuring depression, ostracism, psychological capital, and perceived social support. A moderated mediation model was examined by using IBM STATISTICS 27macro program PROCESS version 3.5, in which psychological capital was a mediating variable, and perceived social support was a moderating variable. Lack of causal inferences and self-report bias due to the cross-sectional and self-report survey need to be considered when interpreting results. The results revealed that ostracism was positively associated with depression among economically disadvantaged youths. Psychological capital partially mediated the association. Perceived social support moderated the indirect association between ostracism and depression via psychological capital among economically disadvantaged females. Training and intentional practice of psychological capital could be the core to develop the depression interventions targeting economically disadvantaged youths with experience of ostracism. Gender and perceived social support need to be considered in developing the interventions.
经济弱势群体青少年的心理健康促进是当前中国的一个热门问题。经济弱势群体青少年更容易抑郁。被排斥可能是他们抑郁的一个重要预测因素。然而，排斥与抑郁之间的潜在机制尚未达成共识。从中国的六所大学中招募了 1207 名经济弱势群体青少年。这些青少年被要求完成测量抑郁、排斥、心理资本和感知社会支持的问卷。使用 IBM STATISTICS 27macro 程序 PROCESS 版本 3.5 检验了一个调节中介模型，其中心理资本是一个中介变量，感知社会支持是一个调节变量。在解释结果时，需要考虑到由于横断面和自我报告调查缺乏因果推论和自我报告偏差。结果表明，排斥与经济弱势群体青少年的抑郁呈正相关。心理资本部分中介了这种关联。感知社会支持通过经济弱势女性群体中心理资本的中介作用，调节了排斥与抑郁之间的间接关联。针对经历排斥的经济弱势群体青少年的抑郁干预，培训和有目的的心理资本实践可以是核心。在制定干预措施时需要考虑性别和感知社会支持。
