Ruan Qian-Nan, Shen Guang-Hui, Wu Yu-Wei, Xu Dongwu, Yan Wen-Jing
Wenzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Wenzhou, China.
Student Affairs Division, Wenzhou Business College, Wenzhou, China.
BMC Psychiatry. 2025 May 15;25(1):485. doi: 10.1186/s12888-025-06873-6.
This research builds on the understanding that low self-acceptance is an important feature of adolescent depression, and that social comparison is a critical factor in self-concept formation during adolescence. However, there are gaps in our understanding of their interactive effects and the non-linear features between these factors in influencing adolescent depression.
The study attempts to test two main hypotheses: (1) increased levels of self-acceptance will correlate with reduced depressive symptoms and moderate the negative effects of social comparison on depression; and (2) the relationship between social comparison and depression will exhibit nonlinearity at different levels of self-acceptance.
The study involved 243 adolescents undergoing psychiatric assessment, using dyadic polynomial regression analysis and response surface analysis. These methods were used to assess linearity or nonlinearity and interaction effects between self-acceptance, social comparison and depression.
Significant findings included a strong negative correlation between self-acceptance and depression. Self-acceptance also showed a negative correlation with social comparison. Polynomial regression revealed a non-linear relationship between social comparison and depression, with moderate levels being beneficial but excessive levels being detrimental. The interaction effect suggested that high self-acceptance might buffer the negative effects of intense social comparison. Furthermore, response surface analysis revealed complex, non-linear interactions between these variables.
This study highlights the protective role of self-acceptance against depression and the complex, non-linear effects of social comparison. It highlights the importance of promoting self-acceptance and a balanced approach to social comparison in adolescent mental health interventions.
本研究基于这样的认识，即低自我接纳是青少年抑郁症的一个重要特征，且社会比较是青少年自我概念形成过程中的一个关键因素。然而，我们对这些因素在影响青少年抑郁症方面的交互作用和非线性特征的理解存在差距。
该研究试图检验两个主要假设：（1）自我接纳水平的提高将与抑郁症状的减轻相关，并缓和社会比较对抑郁的负面影响；（2）在不同自我接纳水平上，社会比较与抑郁之间的关系将呈现非线性。
该研究涉及243名接受精神评估的青少年，采用二元多项式回归分析和响应面分析。这些方法用于评估自我接纳、社会比较和抑郁之间的线性或非线性以及交互作用。
重要发现包括自我接纳与抑郁之间存在强烈的负相关。自我接纳与社会比较也呈负相关。多项式回归显示社会比较与抑郁之间存在非线性关系，适度水平有益，但过度水平有害。交互作用表明高自我接纳可能缓冲强烈社会比较的负面影响。此外，响应面分析揭示了这些变量之间复杂的非线性相互作用。
本研究强调了自我接纳对抑郁的保护作用以及社会比较的复杂非线性影响。它突出了在青少年心理健康干预中促进自我接纳和采取平衡的社会比较方法的重要性。
