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- Title
Blood Stasis Constitution and Depression Among Chinese Female College Students: a Longitudinal Moderation Model.
- Authors
Liu, Mingfan; Xu, Yating; Wu, Hou; Wang, Xinqiang; Ye, Baojuan
- Abstract
Blood stasis constitution refers to a physical quality in which there is a tendency for poor blood circulation or blood flow blockage in the body, resulting in a series of external symptoms. Blood stasis constitution plays a crucial role in depression; however, little is known about how and under what conditions blood stasis constitution may influence depression. Blood stasis constitution, depression and stressful life events were measured from a two-wave longitudinal sample (with an interval of 1 year) of 523 Chinese female university students. A moderation model accounting for the developmental pathway from blood stasis constitution to depression in women was then tested. Separately using two different methods (a cross-lagged panel model and a machine learning model), blood stasis constitution significantly predicted depression in women after 1 year. Additionally, stressful life events reinforced the effect of blood stasis constitution on depression after 1 year in Chinese women. The results established a longitudinal prediction model between blood stasis constitution and depression and emphasized the moderation effect of stressful life events, which supports the diathesis–stress theory of depression. Depression can be improved by ameliorating blood stasis constitution and optimizing responses to stressful life events.
- Subjects
LIFE change events; DEPRESSION in women; COLLEGE students; BLOOD circulation; MENTAL depression
- Publication
International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, 2023, Vol 21, Issue 2, p929
- ISSN
1557-1874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11469-021-00632-w