The Relationship between Trait Positivity and Depressed Mood in College Students: The Chain-mediated Role of Cognitive Integration and Experiential Avoidance
Abstract:
Objective: To explore the relationship between trait mindfulness and depression amongcollege students, and to investigate the chain mediated mechanism of cognitive fusion and experientialavoidance. Method: A survey was conducted on 1972 college students using the Beck Depression Scale,Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale, Chinese version of Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire, and ShortExperience Avoidance Scale. Result: (1) The trait mindfulness of college students was significantlynegatively correlated with their depressive mood, cognitive fusion, and empirical avoidance (r=-0.532,-0.400, -0.338; p<0.01). Cognitive fusion, empirical avoidance, and depressive mood were significantlypositively correlated (r=0.413, 0.333; p<0.01), and cognitive fusion was significantly positively correlatedwith empirical avoidance (r=0.185, p<0.01); (2) Trait mindfulness directly affects depressive mood, withan effect value of -0.1378; Cognitive fusion and experiential avoidance mediate the relationship betweentrait mindfulness and depression, with effect values of -0.0552 and -0.123, respectively; (3) The chainmediated effect of cognitive fusion and experiential avoidance has an effect value of 0.0017. Conclusion:Trait mindfulness can directly affect depressive mood, and can also affect depressive mood through theindividual mediating effect of cognitive fusion and empirical avoidance, as well as the chain mediatingeffect of cognitive fusion and empirical avoidance. We can reduce cognitive fusion and excessiveexperiential avoidance by improving the level of trait mindfulness among college students, which can helpreduce the generation of depressive emotions.
目的:探求大学生特质正念与抑郁情绪之间的关系,测查认知融合和经验性回避在其中的链式中介作用机制。方法:使用贝克抑郁量表、正念注意觉知量表、认知融合问卷中文版、简短经验回避量表对1972名大学生进行调查。结果:(1)大学生的特质正念与其抑郁情绪、认知融合、经验性回避呈显著负相关(r=-0.532,-0.400,-0.338;p<0.01),认知融合、经验性回避与抑郁情绪呈显著正相关(r=0.413,0.333;p<0.01),认知融合与经验性回避呈显著正相关(r=0.185,p<0.01);(2)特质正念直接影响抑郁情绪,效应值为-0.1378;认知融合和经验性回避在特质正念与抑郁情绪间起中介作用,效应值分别为-0.0552,-0.123;(3)认知融合和经验性回避的链式中介作用,效应值为0.0017。结论:特质正念可直接影响抑郁情绪,亦可通过认知融合和经验性回避的单独中介作用以及认知融合和经验性回避的链式中介作用影响抑郁情绪。启示我们可通过提升大学生特质正念水平降低认知融合和过度经验性回避,这有助于减少抑郁情绪的产生。