Sun Mingyang, Piao Ming, Jia Zhaona
College of Cabin Attendant, Shandong University of Aeronautics, Binzhou, Shandong, 256600, China.
School of Information Engineering, Shandong University of Aeronautics, Binzhou, Shandong, 256600, China.
BMC Psychol. 2024 Dec 18;12(1):757. doi: 10.1186/s40359-024-02262-y.
With societal development and increasing talent demands, college students face escalating pressures primarily stemming from academic burdens, uncertainties about the future, and complex social environments. These pressures have profound effects on mental health, particularly negatively impacting emotions and behavior. In this context, depressive symptoms are becoming increasingly prevalent among college students. Given the potential links between emotional disorders, anxiety, social pressure, and academic burnout, this study aims to explore how these factors collectively influence depression in college students.
This study utilized a questionnaire approach, resulting in 599 valid responses. The collected data were analyzed using Smart-PLS for SEM to investigate the relationships among the variables.
The SEM analysis indicated that the comprehensive model explained 83.2% of the variance in depression. Alexithymia significantly positively predicted anxiety and social pressure. Academic burnout significantly positively influenced social pressure, anxiety, and depression. Anxiety played a partial mediating role in the impact of alexithymia and academic burnout on depression. Social pressure and alexithymia did not have a significant positive impact on depression. In addition, there is a significant gender difference in the impact of academic burnout on depression, with the path coefficient for males being significantly higher than that for females.
This study validated the complex relationships among alexithymia, anxiety, social pressure, academic burnout, and depression. As an emotional expression disorder, alexithymia not only directly impacts anxiety levels in college students but also indirectly affects depression through anxiety. Furthermore, the positive influence of academic burnout on anxiety and depression indicates that excessive academic burdens are significant sources of mental health issues for college students. This research offers new insights into understanding college students' mental health issues, aiming to provide more comprehensive intervention strategies for their psychological well-being.
随着社会发展和人才需求的增加，大学生面临的压力不断升级，主要源于学业负担、未来的不确定性以及复杂的社会环境。这些压力对心理健康有深远影响，尤其对情绪和行为产生负面影响。在这种背景下，抑郁症状在大学生中越来越普遍。鉴于情绪障碍、焦虑、社会压力和学业倦怠之间的潜在联系，本研究旨在探讨这些因素如何共同影响大学生的抑郁。
本研究采用问卷调查法，共获得599份有效回复。使用Smart-PLS进行结构方程模型（SEM）分析，以研究变量之间的关系。
SEM分析表明，综合模型解释了抑郁变异的83.2%。述情障碍显著正向预测焦虑和社会压力。学业倦怠显著正向影响社会压力、焦虑和抑郁。焦虑在述情障碍和学业倦怠对抑郁的影响中起部分中介作用。社会压力和述情障碍对抑郁没有显著的正向影响。此外，学业倦怠对抑郁的影响存在显著的性别差异，男性的路径系数显著高于女性。
本研究验证了述情障碍、焦虑、社会压力、学业倦怠和抑郁之间的复杂关系。作为一种情绪表达障碍，述情障碍不仅直接影响大学生的焦虑水平，还通过焦虑间接影响抑郁。此外，学业倦怠对焦虑和抑郁的正向影响表明，过重的学业负担是大学生心理健康问题的重要来源。本研究为理解大学生心理健康问题提供了新的见解，旨在为他们的心理健康提供更全面的干预策略。
