Contradicting effects of self-insight: Self-insight can conditionally contribute to increased depressive symptoms
Contradicting effects of self-insight: Self-insight can conditionally contribute to increased depressive symptoms
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自我洞察力的矛盾作用：自我洞察力可能有条件地导致抑郁症状的增加
DOI：
10.1016/j.paid.2017.08.033
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Y.,
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作者：
Nakajima;M.;Takano;K.;Tanno;Y.,
过去的研究表明，自我洞察是增强心理调节的一个真正因素。然而，由于以往的研究大多采用横断面设计，因此有必要进行前瞻性研究，以确定自我顿悟与抑郁症状之间的时间和因果关系。另一个重要的问题是，似乎有一个调节因子影响自我顿悟的适应功能。Stein and Grant（2014）认为积极的自我评价在自我洞见与幸福感之间起中介作用。这一结果可能意味着自我顿悟并不会导致负面自我评价的幸福感。因此，在本研究中，我们进行了一项纵向问卷调查，以检验自我洞察力对未来抑郁症状的预期影响，自我复杂性作为假定的调节因素。对93名日本大学生的完整数据集进行了分析。前瞻性分析显示负性自我复杂性在自我洞见、抑郁症状和压力之间具有显著的调节作用；高自我洞察力和低消极自我复杂性的人不太可能受到压力源的影响，而高自我洞察力和高消极自我复杂性的人在压力经历后抑郁症状显著增加。这些发现表明，自我顿悟的适应效应可能是有条件的，取决于消极自我复杂性的程度。
Past research has suggested that self-insight functions as a genuine factor to enhance psychological adjustment. However, because most of the previous studies had used a cross-sectional design, a prospective study was warranted to establish the temporal and causal relationship between self-insight and depressive symptoms. Another important issue was that there seems to be a moderator that influences the adaptive function of self-insight. Stein and Grant (2014) suggested that positive self-evaluation mediates the association between self-insight and well-being. This result could imply that self-insight does not lead to well-being with negative self-evaluation. In this study, therefore, we conducted a longitudinal questionnaire survey to examine the prospective effect of self-insight on future depressive symptoms with self-complexity as a putative moderator. A complete dataset of 93 Japanese undergraduates was analyzed. The prospective analysis showed a significant moderating role of negative self-complexity in the associations among self-insight, depressive symptoms, and stress; people with high self-insight and low negative self-complexity were less likely to be influenced by stressors, whereas those with high self-insight and high negative self-complexity showed significant increases in depressive symptoms after stressful experiences. These findings implicate that the adaptive effect of self-insight can be conditional depending on the extent of negative self-complexity.