The Buffering Effect of Character Strengths on Depression

IF 1.3 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

European Journal of Health Psychology Pub Date : 2019-07-01 DOI:10.1027/2512-8442/a000036

Beatrice Lee, C. Kaya, Xiangli Chen, Jia-Rung Wu, Kanako Iwanaga, Emre Umucu, J. Bezyak, T. Tansey, Fong Chan

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Abstract

Abstract. The transition from high school to college can be very stressful for Turkish students because they may experience value conflicts and adjustment issues, which can trigger the development of mental health problems. Character strengths can serve as a buffer against psychopathology. The aim of the study was to examine perceived stress and negative attributional style as mediating factors between character strengths and depression among Turkish college students. Bootstrap testing approach was implemented to compute direct and indirect effects and total effect in the mediation analysis. Altogether 235 students from two Turkish universities participated in the study. The results showed that character strengths were associated with lower levels of depression and it was negatively associated with perceived stress and negative attributional style. The results also indicated that perceived stress and negative attribution style completely mediated the relationship between character strengths and depression among Turkish college students. These findings suggested the need to develop empirically supported interventions that can promote character strengths toward reducing stress, negative attributions, and depression in this population.

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性格优势对抑郁的缓冲作用

摘要从高中到大学的过渡对土耳其学生来说压力很大，因为他们可能会经历价值观冲突和适应问题，这可能会引发心理健康问题的发展。性格优势可以作为对抗精神病理的缓冲。本研究旨在探讨土耳其大学生感知压力和消极归因风格在性格优势与抑郁之间的中介作用。采用Bootstrap检验方法计算中介分析中的直接效应、间接效应和总效应。来自两所土耳其大学的235名学生参加了这项研究。结果表明，性格优势与抑郁水平呈显著负相关，与感知压力和消极归因方式呈显著负相关。结果还表明，感知压力和负向归因风格在土耳其大学生性格优势与抑郁之间的关系中起完全中介作用。这些发现表明，需要开发经验支持的干预措施，以促进性格优势，减少这一人群的压力、消极归因和抑郁。

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European Journal of Health Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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