This study explored the influences of important variables of psychological aspect such as stress perception coping style, personality trait and social support on depressive symptoms in normal and schizophrenics. The Beck depression inventory (BDI), st...
This study explored the influences of important variables of psychological aspect such as stress perception coping style, personality trait and social support on depressive symptoms in normal and schizophrenics. The Beck depression inventory (BDI), stress perception questionnaire, the way of coping checklist and interpersonal support evaluation list(ISEL)were administered in 134 normal persons and 117 schizophrenics. The data were analyzed through zero-order correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis.
The results were as follows :
1) In normal group, the score of BDI had significant high positive corrleations with stress preception(r=.52, p〈.01) and passive-coping style(r=.33, p〈.01) and significant (p〈.05) negative correlations with active-coping style(r=-.16), personality trait(r=-.19) and social support (r=-.16). Multiple regression, which considered these variables simultaneously, showed that stress perception had the highest predictability on the score of BDI(26.6%), followed by passive-coping style(3.4%) and active-coping style(3.3%). The total predictability of these three variable on the score of BDI was 33.3%.
2) In schizophrenic group, that score of BDI had significant positive correlations with passive-coping style(r=.21, p〈.05) and significant(p〈.05) negative correlation with social support (r=-.21). Multiple regression showed that passive-coping style had the highest predictability on the score of BDI(14.5%), followed by social support(6.7%) and stress perception(3.3%). The total predictability of these three variables on the score of BDI was 25.5%.
3) In both normal and schizophrenics, stress perception and coping style had more prominent influnces on depression than personality-trait. There was a tendency of certain consistent relationship in group, among these variables, but inconsistent relationship in schizophrenic group.