Yunmiao Yu|Xiuxian Yang|Yanjie Yang|Lu Chen|Xiaohui Qiu|Zhengxue Qiao|Jiawei Zhou|Hui Pan|Bo Ban|Xiongzhao Zhu|Jincai He|Yongqing Ding|Bing Bai
The Role of Family Environment in Depressive Symptoms among University Students: A Large Sample Survey in China
Harbin Medical University|Harbin Medical University|Harbin Medical University|Peking Union Medical College Hospital|Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College|Harbin Medical University|Harbin Medical University|Harbin Medical University|Peking Union Medical College Hospital|Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College|Jining Medical University|Xiangya Hospital Central South University|Central South University|Wenzhou Medical University|First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University|Harbin Medical University|Daqing City People's Hospital|Harbin Medical University|First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
explore relationship family environment depressive symptoms evaluate influence hard soft family environmental factors depression levels large sample university students chinaa multistage stratified sampling procedure used select 6000 participants response rate 888 5329 students completing beck depression inventory bdi family environment scale chinese version fescv adapted chinese population differences groups tested significance students ttest anova used test continuous variables relationship soft family environmental factors bdi tested pearson correlation analysis hierarchical linear regression analysis conducted model effects hard environmental factors soft environmental factors depression university studentsa total 118 students scored threshold moderate depression bdi14 hard family environmental factors parent relationship family economic status level parental literacy nonintact family structure associated depressive symptoms soft family environmental factorsconflict controlwere positively associated depression cohesion negatively related depressive symptom controlling important associates depression hierarchical regression analysis indicated soft family environment correlates strongly depression hard family environmentsoft family environmental factorsespecially cohesion conflict controlappeared play important role occurrence depressive symptoms findings underline significance family environment source risk factors depression among university students china suggest familybased interventions improvement important reduce depression among university students