A total of 2476 adolescents participated in a study examining the links between personality traits and depression.
Neuroticism, conscientiousness, openness, and agreeableness are directly associated with adolescent depression.
and partially mediate the relationship between neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and depression.
Loneliness and problematic internet use completely mediate the relationship between extroversion and depression.
Addressing loneliness and reducing excessive internet use may help improve depression in adolescents.
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BACKGROUND: Previous research has indicated that personality traits, , and (PIU) significantly contribute to the prevalence of adolescent depression. However, the specific interrelationships among these variables in explaining the occurrence of depression remain unclear. Drawing upon susceptibility theory and cognitive-behavioral theory, this study explored whether personality traits influences adolescent depression through loneliness and PIU.
METHODS: A total of 2476 adolescents (aged 12-18) from all over the country completed a psycho-social test, including the 10-Item Big Five Personality Inventory (BFI-10), three-Item Loneliness Scale (T-ILS), Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire-Short Form (PIUQ-SF-6) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). The mediation model was built and bootstrap method was used to test the mediating effect.
RESULTS: Results showed that neuroticism, conscientiousness, openness, and agreeableness have a direct role on depression. Loneliness and PIU partially mediated the relationship between neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness and depression, and completely mediated the relationship between extroversion and depression.
CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that loneliness and PIU play important mediating roles in the relationship between personality traits and depression. This remind us that alleviating sense of loneliness and reducing overuse of the internet are a strategy for improve depression among adolescents.
Key numbers
34%
Adolescents with Depression
Percentage of adolescents experiencing depression globally.
2476
Survey Participants
Total number of adolescents surveyed in the study.
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