The mediating effects of dysfunctional attitudes and moderating effect of sex between stressful life events and depressive symptoms among Chinese college students

Abstract Stressful life events (SLEs) closely correlates with depressive symptoms. Although vulnerability-stress model suggests SLEs interacted with dysfunctional attitudes (DA) to predict depression, the mediation role of DA is poorly understood. Therefore, this study intended to investigate the me...

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Main Authors: Wenfu Li, Jingting Chen, Yujia Liu, Yanzhi Liu, Xiaoran Hu, Fuqin Mu, Chuanxin Liu, Ying Zhang, Yan Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38103-y