Departamento de Trabajo Social, Facultad de Educación, Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile.
Department of Philosophy, Social and Human Sciences and Education, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 25;20(5):4149. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054149.
Familism, also known in the literature as allocentrism, is the cultural propensity of a society to place the family at the center of its value system. Adherence to this value has been related to less depressive symptomatology in young people; however, these results are not conclusive, since it has also been found that the influence of familism on depressive symptoms is more indirect than direct. This study aimed to explore the direct relationships between familism (allocentrism and idiocentrism) and mental health (depression, anxiety, and stress). Methodologically, the study had a non-experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational design. A sample of 451 Chilean university students responded to an instrument composed of the subscales allocentrism, idiocentrism, depression, anxiety, and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed that family allocentrism was positively and significantly associated with depression ( = 0.112, < 0.05), anxiety ( = 0.209, < 0.001), and stress ( = 0.212, < 0.001), and family idiocentrism was negatively and significantly linked with depression ( = -0.392, < 0.001), anxiety ( = -0.368, < 0.001), and stress ( = -0.408, < 0.001). These findings contribute to supporting actions to reduce negative symptomatology and promote greater well-being in university students.
家庭主义，也在文献中被称为向心性，是一种社会将家庭置于其价值观体系中心的文化倾向。坚持这种价值观与年轻人较少的抑郁症状有关;然而，这些结果并不具有结论性，因为也发现家庭主义对抑郁症状的影响比直接影响更间接。本研究旨在探讨家庭主义（向心性和自我中心主义）与心理健康（抑郁、焦虑和压力）之间的直接关系。在方法论上，该研究采用了非实验、横断、描述和相关设计。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，451 名智利大学生对由向心性、自我中心主义、抑郁、焦虑和压力分量表组成的工具做出了回应。结果表明，家庭向心性与抑郁（ = 0.112，<0.05）、焦虑（ = 0.209，<0.001）和压力（ = 0.212，<0.001）呈正显著相关，家庭自我中心主义与抑郁（ = -0.392，<0.001）、焦虑（ = -0.368，<0.001）和压力（ = -0.408，<0.001）呈负显著相关。这些发现有助于支持减少大学生负面症状和促进更大幸福感的行动。
