The influence of media use degree on public depressive symptoms: mediating role of big five personality

BMC Psychiatry

Research

Xin Lin¹  Xincheng Huang²  Fangmin Gong³  Yuhan Jia⁴  Hewei Min⁵  Xinying Sun⁵  Yibo Wu⁶  Xiaocen Jia⁷  Zheming Li⁸  Fei Wang⁹ 

[1] Department of Stomatology, North Sichuan Medical College, Sichaun, China;School of Economics and Management, Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, Beijing, China;School of Literature and Journalism Communication, Jishou University, Jishou, China;School of Literature and Journalism Communication, Jishou University, Jishou, China;Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, 120 Renmin South Road, Jishou City, Hunan Province, China;School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China;School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China;38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China;School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China;School of basic medicine, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China;State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China;

关键词: Media use;    Big five personality;    Depressive symptoms;    Mediation model;    Regression analysis;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12888-023-05097-w

 received in 2023-01-11, accepted in 2023-08-08,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundMixed results have been found regarding the relationship between media use degree and depressive symptoms. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between media use degree, big five personality and depressive symptoms with a mediation model.MethodThis was a cross-sectional study. With 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), 10-item Big Five Inventory (BFI-10) and self-designed media usage scale, 11,031 participants aged 12 and above in 120 cities in China were collected. Pearson correlation analysis and regression analysis were performed on the data. The Process plug-in was used to construct the mediation model and explore the relationship among media use degree, big five personality and depressive symptoms. The nonparametric percentile Bootstrap method was used to test the mediating effect of personality traits.ResultsThe degree of media use was positively correlated with depressive symptoms (r = 0.20, P < 0.001), and big five personality played a mediating role between the degree of media use and depressive symptoms. Among five traits, extroversion (r=-0.12, P < 0.001), conscientiousness (r=-0.23, P < 0.001), openness (r=-0.03, P < 0.01) and agreeableness (r=-0.22, P < 0.001) were negatively correlated with depressive symptoms, and neuroticism (r = 0.25, P < 0.001) were positively correlated with depressive symptoms. In addition, extraversion (-0.004, -0.001), conscientiousness (-0.015, -0.008), agreeableness (-0.008, -0.001) and neuroticism (-0.015, -0.007) in big five personality played a mediating role between media use and depressive symptoms.ConclusionThe degree of media use positively predicted depressive symptoms, and excessive media use may bring risks to mental health. People with high neuroticism, low agreeableness, low conscientiousness and low extroversion are more likely to suffer from depressive symptoms.

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