Objective:To explore the mediating effect of humor styles between individual authenticity and depression among college students.Methods:A total of 247 college students were surveyed by the humor styles questionnaire, the authenticity questionnaire and the Chinese version of the Beck depression inventory-Ⅱ.SPSS 26.0 was used for descriptive statistics and correlation analysis, and AMOS 23.0 software was used for structural equation model test.The Bootstrap method was applied to test the mediating effect.Results:(1)The individual authenticity score was (53.35±7.80), the depression score was 6.00(3.00, 11.00), and the scores of self-defeating, self-enhancing and affiliative humor styles were (15.00±3.45), (17.70±3.04) and (27.21±4.17). (2) Correlation analysis showed that individual authenticity was positively correlated with self-enhancing humor ( r=0.20, P<0.01), and negatively correlated with self-defeating humor and depression ( r=-0.16, P<0.05; r=-0.30, P<0.01). Self-enhancing humor was negatively correlated with depression ( r=-0.17, P<0.01). (3) The results of mediating analysis showed that the total effect between self-enhancing humor and depression was -0.318.The self-enhancing humor style had a partial mediating effect between individual authenticity and depression, with an effect value of -0.055 (95% CI=-0.103, -0.007), accounting for 17.3% of the total effect.The direct effect value of individual authenticity on depression was -0.245 (95% CI=-0.376, -0.119), accounting for 77.0% of the total effect. Conclusion:It indicates that individual authenticity can directly affect depression and also can affect depression through self-enhancing humor.It is helpful to understand the relationship between individual authenticity and mental health, and provide a strategic reference for preventing and intervention of depression among college students.

目的探究大学生群体中幽默风格在个体真实性与抑郁间的中介作用。方法采用幽默风格量表、个体真实性量表和贝克抑郁量表第2版中文版对247名在校大学生进行问卷调查。采用SPSS 26.0对数据进行描述统计和相关分析, AMOS 23.0进行结构方程模型建构, 采用Bootstrap法进行中介效应检验。结果 (1)个体真实性得分为(53.35±7.80)分, 抑郁情绪得分为6.00(3.00, 11.00)分, 自贬型、自强型和亲和型幽默风格得分依次为(15.00±3.45)分、(17.70±3.04)分和(27.21±4.17)分。(2)相关分析结果显示, 个体真实性与自强型幽默呈正相关(r=0.20, P<0.01), 与自贬型幽默和抑郁情绪呈负相关(r=-0.16, P<0.05;r=-0.30, P<0.01);自强型幽默与抑郁情绪呈负相关(r=-0.17, P<0.01)。(3)中介分析结果显示, 大学生个体真实性对抑郁情绪的总效应为-0.318, 自强型幽默在个体真实性与抑郁情绪间存在部分中介作用, 效应值为-0.055(95%CI=-0.103, -0.007), 占总效应的17.3%;个体真实性对抑郁情绪的直接效应为-0.245(95%CI=-0.376, -0.119), 占总效应的77.0%。结论个体真实性可以直接影响抑郁情绪, 也可以通过自强型幽默间接影响抑郁情绪。这有利于进一步理解个体真实性与心理健康的关系, 为大学生抑郁的预防和干预提供策略性参考。

教育部人文社会科学研究青年基金项目(17YJCZH014)