A chain mediation model reveals the association between mindfulness and depression of college students.
Junliang Zhang, Zhongzheng Hu, Shuang Zheng, Yingyu Liu
Scientific Reports October 6, 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43984-0 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Cross-sectional survey Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 1,034 |
| Population | College students in a province |
| Topics | Depression Meditation |
| Citations | 11 |
| Key findings | Mindfulness reduces depression among college students directly and indirectly through meaning in life and psychological resilience, which act as chain mediators. |
Abstract
The study aims to explore the relationship among mindfulness, depression, meaning in life (MIL) and psychological resilience (PR), and verify whether MIL and PR have a chain mediating effect between mindfulness and depression. 1034 college students in a province were investigated by using Adolescent Mindfulness Scale, Depression Scale, Meaning in Life Scale and Psychological Resilience Scale. Hierarchical multiple regression and bootstrap was used to analyze the data and test whether MIL and PR play a chain mediating role between mindfulness and depression among university students. In the present research, the direct effect value of mindfulness on college students' depression was 0.14, and the effect amount was 61%. The effect values of MIL and PR between mindfulness and college students' depression were 0.03 and 0.05, and the effect amount is 13% and 22%. In the meantime, the chain mediating effect of MIL and PR was significant, the effect value is 0.01 and the effect amount is 4%. The effects of mindfulness on depression of university students were mediated by MIL, PR and the chain of MIL and PR.
Comparable studies
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Citations in the library
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