Soto-Sanz Victoria, do Céu Salvador María, Piqueras José Antonio
University Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain.
University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2024 Dec 10. doi: 10.1007/s10578-024-01795-y.
Social anxiety (SA) and depressive disorder usually coexist. Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a protective factor against emotional disorders. The aim of this study is to examine the moderating role of EI in the relationship between SA and depression among Spanish and Portuguese adolescents. Information on these variables was collected through a cross-sectional study with 1456 students between 12 and 19 years of age. The software PROCESS was used to perform the analysis of conditional processes (model 1). The moderation model was conducted, including the covariate country, and showed significant differences between countries in the relationship between SA and Depression. The summary model explained that 42% of the Depression. The statistical analysis was repeated separately for Portuguese and Spanish adolescents, with EI as the moderating variable. The effect of SA on depression was significant for individuals with low or moderate EI, while for adolescents with high EI there was no statistically significant effect. To prevent these outcomes, early interventions, including the enhancement of Trait EI, with adolescents with SA could reduce the risk of developing SA disorder, as well as subsequent depressive disorders in adolescence and early adulthood. This is especially important because research indicates that depression caused by SA is strongly associated with a worse course of depression.
社交焦虑(SA)和抑郁症通常并存。情商(EI)是预防情绪障碍的一个保护因素。本研究的目的是检验EI在西班牙和葡萄牙青少年的社交焦虑与抑郁关系中的调节作用。通过对1456名12至19岁学生的横断面研究收集了这些变量的信息。使用软件PROCESS进行条件过程分析(模型1)。进行了调节模型分析,纳入协变量国家,结果显示社交焦虑与抑郁关系在不同国家间存在显著差异。汇总模型解释了42%的抑郁情况。分别以葡萄牙和西班牙青少年为对象,以EI作为调节变量重复进行统计分析。社交焦虑对低情商或中等情商个体的抑郁有显著影响,而对高情商青少年则无统计学显著影响。为预防这些结果,对患有社交焦虑的青少年进行早期干预,包括提高特质情商,可以降低患社交焦虑障碍的风险,以及青春期和成年早期后续患抑郁症的风险。这一点尤为重要,因为研究表明,社交焦虑导致的抑郁与更严重的抑郁病程密切相关。