Richman J, Flaherty J
J Nerv Ment Dis. 1985 Oct;173(10):590-5. doi: 10.1097/00005053-198510000-00003.
This study addresses two questions relevant to psychiatric epidemiological models of the stress-distress relationship: Are personality and social support resources independent phenomena or highly correlated? and What are the relative contributions of these two types of resources in protecting against the development of depressive symptomatology? A cohort of beginning medical students was administered self-report questionnaires measuring social supports, locus of control, interpersonal dependency, and depressive symptomatology. On the basis of correlation and regression analysis, the data show that the personality characteristics more strongly predict depressive symptomatology than do social supports, and that social supports are unrelated to locus of control but directly correlated with interpersonal dependency. The authors discuss these findings in the context of a life cycle transition.
本研究探讨了与压力-痛苦关系的精神科流行病学模型相关的两个问题：人格和社会支持资源是独立现象还是高度相关？以及这两种资源在预防抑郁症状发展方面的相对贡献是什么？对一群刚入学的医学生进行了自我报告问卷调查，测量社会支持、控制点、人际依赖和抑郁症状。基于相关性和回归分析，数据表明，人格特征比社会支持更能强烈预测抑郁症状，并且社会支持与控制点无关，但与人际依赖直接相关。作者在生命周期转变的背景下讨论了这些发现。
