Relationship between personality, migration experience, subjective health and depression in school adolescents: mediated mediation effect
Dong, D.; Wang, D.
Wei Sheng Yan Jiu 47(6): 929-935
2018
ISSN/ISBN: 1000-8020 PMID: 30593322 Document Number: 697092
To investigate the relationship between personality in school adolescents, migration experience, subjective health and depression. From January to February 2016, this study was surveyed by random sampling used subjective health questionnaire, ten-item personality questionnaire and Beck questionnaire to test 759 adolescents aged 14 to 25 in Wuhu, Lu' an and Maanshan. The personality, migration experience, subjective health and depression were analyzed by correlation analysis and regression analysis. ( 1) Adolescent depression was significantly negatively correlated with extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, and subjective health( r =-0. 13, P < 0. 01; r =-0. 15, P < 0. 01; r =-0. 25, P < 0. 01; r =-0. 12, P < 0. 01; r =-0. 14, P < 0. 01), and had a significant positive correlation with neuroticism( r = 0. 23, P < 0. 01). ( 2) Subjective health played a mediating role in extroversion( indirect effect-0. 05, 95% CI-0. 14--0. 02), conscientiousness( indirect effect-0. 05, 95% CI-0. 14--0. 01) and relationship( indirect effect0. 05, 95% CI 0. 01-0. 12) between neuroticism and depression. ( 3) In the extroversion and conscientiousness dimensions, the migration experience regulated the two paths before and after the mediation process [( β =-0. 17, t =-3. 41, P < 0. 001; β =-0. 26, t =-4. 57, P < 0. 001), ( β = 0. 13, t = 2. 65, P < 0. 01; β =-0. 20, t =-3. 60, P <0. 001) ]. In the neuroticism dimension, the migration experience regulated the direct path and the latter half of the mediation process( β = 0. 79, t = 12. 68, P < 0. 001; β =-0. 15, t =-2. 85, P < 0. 001). The migration experience weakens the positive predictive effect of extroversion on subjective health, and enhances the positive predictive effect of conscientiousness on subjective health and the positive predictive effect of neuroticism on depression among school adolescents.