Mediating effects of self feeling of inadequacy between resilience and alexithymia in depressive undergraduates / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the relationship among resilience,self feeling of inadequacy and alexithymia in depressive undergraduates,and to provide a theoretical basis for the prevention and intervention of depression among undergraduates.Methods 500 undergraduates of two universities in Hebei Province were collected by cluster sampling method.Beck depression scale,adolescent resilience scale,Toronto alexithymia scale and self feeling of inadequacy scale were applied to undergraduates.The survey results were analyzed statistically.Results The detection rate of depression was 28％(119/426) in undergraduates.Total score of Alexithymia Scale(69.99±9.43) was higher than the norm(65.70±7.98),and the difference was statistical significant (P＜0.05).The score of self feeling of inadequacy had a significant difference between male (149.88±28.00) and female(138.58±28.79) (P＜0.01).Neither gender nor grade had significant difference in depression,alexithymia and resilience(P＞0.05).Self feeling of inadequacy was positively correlated with alexithymia (P＜0.05).Resilience was negatively correlated with self feeling of inadequacy and alexithymia(P＜0.05).For the depressive undergraduates,self feeling of inadequacy served as a full mediator between the resilience and alexithymia,whereas for the non depression undergraduates it was a partial mediator.Conclusion Depression undergraduates have serious alexithymia,serious self feeling of inadequacy and poor resilience.Self feeling of inadequacy serves as a mediator between the resilience and alexithymia in depressive and non-depressive undergraduates.