The mediating role of life satisfaction in relationship between mental resilience and depression in medical staffs / 中国职业医学

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To explore the mediating effect of life satisfaction between psychological resilience and depression among medical staffs.METHODS: A total of 472 medical staffs in Shaoguan City were selected as the study subjects by convenience sampling method. The mental health, life satisfaction and depression were investigated and analyzed using the Psychological Resilience Questionnaire, Life Satisfaction Questionnaire and Self-Rating Depression Scale. RESULTS: The scores of mental resilience, life satisfaction and depression were 79.3±17.1, 16.1±6.1 and 53.5±11.8, respectively. There was a negative correlation between mental resilience score and depression score in medical staffs [correlation coefficient(r)=-0.638,P<0.01]. The score of life satisfaction was positively correlated with the scores of mental resilience and its three dimensions of toughness, strength and optimism(r were 0.341, 0.313, 0.306 and 0.336 respectively, all P<0.01). The score of life satisfaction was negatively correlated with the score of depression(r=-0.474,P<0.01). The life satisfaction had mediating role between mental resilience and depression, with the mediating effect value of-0.059, accounting for 13.50% of the total effect. CONCLUSION: Life satisfaction plays a partial intermediary role between mental resilience and depression in medical staffs.