The relationship between appearance anxiety and depression among students in a medical university in China: a serial multiple mediation model

作者全名："Xian, Xiaobing; Niu, Tengfei; Zhang, Yu; Zhou, Xilin; Wang, Xinxin; Du, Xin; Qu, Linhan; Mao, Binyi; He, Ying; Chen, Xiyu; Ye, Mengliang"

作者地址："[Xian, Xiaobing; Zhang, Yu; Zhou, Xilin; Ye, Mengliang] Chongqing Med Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Chongqing, Peoples R China; [Niu, Tengfei] Chongqing Med & Pharmaceut Coll, Dept Basic Courses, Chongqing, Peoples R China; [Wang, Xinxin; Mao, Binyi] Chongqing Med Univ, Coll Tradit Chinese Med, Chongqing, Peoples R China; [Du, Xin; He, Ying] Chongqing Med Univ, Clin Coll 2, Chongqing, Peoples R China; [Qu, Linhan] Chongqing Med Univ, Clin Coll 1, Chongqing, Peoples R China; [Chen, Xiyu] Chongqing Med Univ, Coll Pediat, Chongqing, Peoples R China"

通信作者："Ye, ML (通讯作者)，Chongqing Med Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Chongqing, Peoples R China."

来源：PEERJ

ESI学科分类：Multidisciplinary

WOS号：WOS:001195399900002

JCR分区：Q2

影响因子：2.3

年份：2024

卷号：12

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文献类型：Article

关键词：Appearance anxiety; Depression; Interpersonal sensitivity; Social support; Mediate

摘要："Background: Appearance anxiety and depression have become common and global public health problems worldwide, especially among adolescents. However, few studies have revealed the mechanisms between them. This study aimed to explore the multiple mediating roles of interpersonal sensitivity and social support between appearance anxiety and depression among medical college students. Methods: With 13 invalid samples excluded, 724 college students participated in our survey and completed questionnaires. The average age of 724 samples was 19.8 +/- 2.02 including freshman to senior year and graduate school and above; 31.9% of the participants were male and 68.1% were female. SPSS 25.0 and Hayes' PROCESS macro were used for statistical description, correlation analysis and built multiple mediation models. Results: Appearance anxiety can not only directly affect depression, but also indirectly affect depression through three significant mediating pathways: (1) IS (B = 0.106, 95% CI [0.082-0.132]), which accounted for 49.77% of the total effect, (2) SS (B = 0.018, 95% CI [0.008-0.031]), which accounted for 8.45% of the total effect, and (3) IS and SS (B = 0.008, 95% CI [0.003-0.014]), which accounted for 3.76% of the total effect. And the total mediating effect was 61.97%. Limitations: It is a cross-sectional research method and the causal relationship is unclear. Conclusions: This study found that lower interpersonal sensitivity and higher social support can effectively reduce depression caused by appearance anxiety among college students. The schools and relevant departments should take measures to reduce the interpersonal sensitivity of college students and establish reliable social support, so as to reduce the occurrence of depression."

基金机构：Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project Fund of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission in 2022 [22SKGH052]

基金资助正文："This research was funded by the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project Fund of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission in 2022, grant number NO.22SKGH052. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript."