Dysfunctional attitudes, social support, negative life events, and depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents: A moderated mediation model

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World J Psychiatry. Nov 19, 2024; 14(11): 1671-1680
Published online Nov 19, 2024. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v14.i11.1671

Table 1 Descriptive characteristic and correlation

	mean ± SD	Depression symptoms	Total score of dysfunctional attitudes	Social support	Negative life events
Depression symptoms	8.63 ± 9.90
Total score of dysfunctional attitudes	124.02 ± 34.21	0.38^a
Social supports	24.93 ± 9.60	-0.34^a	-0.31^a
Negative life events	7.79 ± 8.02	0.33^a	0.33^a	-0.31^a
Autonomy	15.51 ± 6.70	0.36^a	0.78^a	-0.30^a	0.29^a
Cognitive philosophy	19.72 ± 6.58	0.03	0.07^a	-0.03	-0.01
Vulnerability	14.32 ± 4.91	0.32^a	0.76^a	-0.34^a	0.27^a
Attraction and repulsion	14.12 ± 5.66	0.31^a	0.83^a	-0.32^a	0.27^a
Perfectionism	14.69 ± 6.48	0.40^a	0.83^a	-0.34^a	0.29^a
Compulsory	17.07 ± 4.55	0.26^a	0.67^a	-0.24^a	0.27^a
Need for approval	16.09 ± 4.86	0.31^a	0.78^a	-0.26^a	0.26^a
Dependency	15.63 ± 5.04	0.30^a	0.80^a	-0.24^a	0.25^a
Subjective support	19.55 ± 5.45	-0.31^a	-0.36^a	0.93^a	-0.34^a
Objective support	24.23 ± 6.08	-0.31^a	-0.34^a	0.92^a	-0.34^a
Support utilization	22.80 ± 7.06	-0.33^a	-0.33^a	0.94^a	-0.33^a
Relationship	1.27 ± 1.12	0.41^a	0.34^a	-0.38^a	0.87^a
Stress of study	1.20 ± 1.08	0.40^a	0.29^a	-0.34^a	0.88^a
Being punished	0.79 ± 1.06	0.22^a	0.25^a	-0.28^a	0.85^a
Loss	0.79 ± 1.16	0.14^a	0.20^a	-0.20^a	0.76^a
Adaption	0.73 ± 0.95	0.29^a	0.28^a	-0.34^a	0.90^a
Else	0.88 ± 1.01	0.33^a	0.34^a	-0.35^a	0.86^a

^aP < 0.01.

Table 2 Model metrics of specific dysfunctional attitudes

Variables	No.	β	t	95%CI
Dysfunctional attitudes W_i₍_1-8₎
Negative life events X	1	0.27	7.80	0.20 to 0.34
	2	-0.01	-0.29	-0.08 to 0.06
	3	0.20	5.18	0.13 to 0.28
	4	0.21	5.64	0.14 to 0.28
	5	0.28	8.07	0.21 to 0.35
	6	0.22	5.48	0.14 to 0.30
	7	0.22	5.26	0.14 to 0.30
	8	0.18	4.30	0.10 to 0.27
Social support U × X	1	-0.01	-0.48	-0.07 to 0.05
	2	-0.07	-2.20	-0.14 to -0.01
	3	0.04	0.97	-0.04 to 0.12
	4	-0.03	-0.76	-0.12 to 0.05
	5	0.003	0.09	-0.06 to 0.06
	6	0.01	0.16	-0.08 to 0.09
	7	0.01	0.29	-0.08 to 0.10
	8	0.03	0.67	-0.06 to 0.10
Depression symptoms Y
Autonomy attitudes W₁		0.21	6.18	0.15 to 0.28
U × W₁		-0.09	-3.19	-0.15 to -0.04
Cognitive philosophy W₂		0.03	0.81	-0.04 to 0.09
U × W₂		0.01	0.43	-0.05 to 0.07
Vulnerability W₃		0.17	4.29	0.09 to 0.25
U × W₃		-0.03	-0.92	-0.10 to 0.04
Attraction and rejection W₄		0.18	4.56	0.10 to 0.26
U × W₄		-0.03	-0.79	-0.09 to 0.04
Perfectionism W₅		0.25	7.31	0.18 to 0.32
U × W₅		-0.08	-2.79	-0.14 to -0.02
Mandatory W₆		0.14	3.50	0.06 to 0.21
U × W₆		-0.05	-1.30	-0.12 to 0.03
Need for approval W₇		0.77	4.42	0.10 to 0.24
U × W₇		-0.02	-0.51	-0.09 to 0.06
Dependency W₈		0.15	4.11	0.08 to 0.22
U × W₈		-0.02	-0.62	-0.10 to 0.05

CI: Confidence intervals.

Citation: Yu TF, Liu L, Shang LN, Xu FF, Chen ZM, Qian LJ. Dysfunctional attitudes, social support, negative life events, and depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents: A moderated mediation model. World J Psychiatry 2024; 14(11): 1671-1680
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v14.i11.1671