Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
J Clin Psychol. 2024 Dec;80(12):2357-2386. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23744. Epub 2024 Oct 2.
Depressive symptoms, goal progress, and goal characteristics are interrelated, but the directionality of these relationships is unclear.
In a 6-wave longitudinal study (N = 431; 2002 total surveys), we examine the bidirectionality of the relationships between depressive symptoms, goal characteristics (commitment, self-efficacy, and perception of other's support), and goal progress for academic and interpersonal goals at 2-week intervals. Separate random-intercept cross-lagged panel models were tested for each goal characteristic across both goals.
At the within-person level, goal progress significantly positively predicted commitment, self-efficacy, and perception of others' support for the goal. Most of the other hypothesized paths were nonsignificant, including paths between depressive symptoms and progress. At the between-person level, all variables were significantly correlated, with some effects significantly larger for the interpersonal than the academic goal.
The results suggest that when it comes to depressive symptoms and goal pursuit, general tendencies may be more important than variations over 2-week intervals.
抑郁症状、目标进展和目标特征相互关联，但这些关系的方向尚不清楚。
在一项 6 波纵向研究（N=431；2002 年总调查）中，我们以 2 周为间隔，检验抑郁症状、目标特征（承诺、自我效能和对他人支持的感知）与学术和人际关系目标进展之间的双向关系。针对每个目标特征，在两个目标上分别测试了随机截距交叉滞后面板模型。
在个体内水平上，目标进展显著正向预测目标的承诺、自我效能和对他人支持的感知。大多数其他假设的路径没有统计学意义，包括抑郁症状与进展之间的路径。在个体间水平上，所有变量均显著相关，人际目标的一些效应显著大于学术目标。
结果表明，在抑郁症状和目标追求方面，一般趋势可能比 2 周间隔内的变化更为重要。
