Hong Youjuan, Luo Lina, Li Zixuan, Wu Siyu, Bao Xiaofan
School of Nursing, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Research Center for Nursing Humanity, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Front Psychol. 2025 Jul 31;16:1620067. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1620067. eCollection 2025.
Medical students have become a group with a high prevalence of depression and are particularly vulnerable to it. Recognizing the factors affecting depression among medical students is crucial. This study was aimed at exploring the effects of perceived stress on medical students' depression under the mediating role of the rumination and the moderating role of the emotional intelligence.
A survey was conducted with 648 medical students in XX Province, XX (blind review). Participants provided responses to measures of perceived stress, rumination, emotional intelligence, and depression. Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 26 and the SPSS PROCESS Macro.
The results revealed significant positive associations between perceived stress ( = 0.63, < 0.01) and rumination ( = 0.59, < 0.01) with depression. Rumination plays a mediating role between perceived stress and depression, with the mediation effect accounting for 31.67% (SE = 0.10, 95% CI = 0.15, 0.26). Furthermore, emotional intelligence significantly moderated the direct effect (moderated mediation = -0.01, SE = 0.01, 95% CI = -0.01, -0.00).
Rumination serves as a mediator in the relationship between perceived stress and depression, while emotional intelligence significantly moderates the impact of perceived stress on depression.
医学生已成为抑郁症高发群体，且特别容易患上抑郁症。识别影响医学生抑郁症的因素至关重要。本研究旨在探讨在沉思的中介作用和情商的调节作用下，感知压力对医学生抑郁症的影响。
对XX省的648名医学生进行了一项调查（双盲审查）。参与者对感知压力、沉思、情商和抑郁症的测量指标做出了回应。使用SPSS 26版软件和SPSS PROCESS宏程序进行数据分析。
结果显示，感知压力（β = 0.63，p < 0.01）和沉思（β = 0.59，p < 0.01）与抑郁症之间存在显著的正相关。沉思在感知压力和抑郁症之间起中介作用，中介效应占31.67%（SE = 0.10，95% CI = 0.15，0.26）。此外，情商显著调节了直接效应（调节中介效应 = -0.01，SE = 0.01，95% CI = -0.01，-0.00）。
沉思在感知压力与抑郁症的关系中起中介作用，而情商显著调节了感知压力对抑郁症的影响。
