Abstract:
Objective To explore the role of self-consistency and congruence on the relationship between stress and depression among medical postgraduates.
Methods Totally 550 medical postgraduates were selected with cluster random sampling and surveyed with Perceived Stress Scale (PPS),Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS),and Self Consistency and Congruence Scale (SCCS).Descriptive analysis,correlation analysis,and hierarchical regression analysis were performed with SPSS 17.0.
Results Of the postgraduates,282(57.67%)reported perceived stress for health risk and 207(42.33%)did not reported the stress.The number of the postgraduates had low,intermediate,and high score of self-consistency and congruence were 62(12.68%),364(74.44%),and 63(12.88%),respectively.Only 6(1.23%)were detected with depression symptoms and 483(98.77%)showed no depression symptoms.The overall stress score was positively correlated with total depression score(
r=0.510,
P=0.000)and total score of self-consistency and congruence(
r=0.494,
P=0.000);the total depression score was positively associated with the total score of self-consistency and congruence(
r=0.648,
P=0.000).The results of hierarchical regression analysis showed that the regression coefficient between stress score and depression score diminished significantly when the score of self-consistency and congruence was introduced into the regression equation(
P < 0.01).
Conclusion Self-consistency and congruence plays a partial intermediary role on the relationship between stress and depression among medical postgraduates.