A Kind of Boiling Frog Effect: The Mechanism of Major Identity on Depression in University Students

Abstract

Abstract: To explore the relationships among major identity, academic emotions and university students’ depression, a total of 329 subjects completed the College Students’ Speciality Identity Questionnaire, the Adolescent Academic Emotions Questionnaire, and the Self-Rating Depression Scale. Results showed that: 1) major identity negatively predicated depression in university students; 2) major identity positively predicated the positive academic emotions, but only negatively predicated negative-low arousal academic emotion; 3) positive-low arousal and negative-low arousal academic emotions played full mediating roles between major identity and university students’ depression. Therefore, it can be concluded that the influence of major identity on university students’ depression is a kind of boiling frog effect by its nature.

Key words: depression, major identity, academic emotions, university student

摘要： 为探讨专业认同、学业情绪与大学生抑郁之间的关系，采用大学生专业认同问卷、青少年学业情绪问卷与抑郁自评量表对329名大学生进行调查。结果发现：（1）专业认同对大学生抑郁有显著负向预测作用；（2）专业认同对积极学业情绪均有显著正向预测作用，但只对消极低唤醒学业情绪有显著负向预测作用；（3）在专业认同对抑郁的影响中，积极低唤醒与消极低唤醒学业情绪起到完全中介作用。结果表明，专业认同对大学生抑郁的影响实际上是一种“温水煮青蛙”效应。

关键词: 抑郁, 专业认同, 学业情绪, 大学生

CLC Number:

B849

JI Lingkai, LIU Huashan, LI Chenlu. A Kind of Boiling Frog Effect: The Mechanism of Major Identity on Depression in University Students[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2020, 18(6): 833-838.

纪凌开, 刘华山, 李晨璐. 温水煮青蛙：专业认同对大学生抑郁的影响机制[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2020, 18(6): 833-838.

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