We conduct a cross-sectional study to examine gender differences in the organizational structure of irrational/rational beliefs in the symptoms of depression in a sample of undergraduate students ( N = 476). The findings suggest that the psychological distress and health models of REBT are valid for both genders. The demandingness, as the primary irrational belief process, indirectly predicts depressive symptoms through the secondary irrational belief process (awfulizing) for both males and females. However, there are some gender differences. Frustration intolerance has a unique contribution to the symptoms of depressive for males, while global evaluation of self plays a vital role in the relationship between demandingness and depressive symptoms for females. Regarding the psychological health model, findings suggest that the primary rational belief process (preference) predicts the symptoms of depression through secondary rational belief processes (non-awfulizing) for both genders. However, unconditional self-acceptance beliefs play a significant role in this relationship only for women. Furthermore, current findings suggest that the indirect predictive effect of demandingness on the symptoms of depression via global evaluation of self and awfulizing beliefs differs depending on the level of non-awfulizing and unconditional self-acceptance beliefs for women. Non-awfulizing beliefs function as a protective factor against the indirect predictive effect of demandingness on depressive symptoms via awfulizing beliefs for the total sample. We discussed the potential theoretical and clinical implications in detail.

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抑郁症状理性/非理性信念组织结构的性别差异

我们进行了一项横断面研究，以检查本科生样本（ N = 476）中抑郁症状的非理性/理性信念的组织结构中的性别差异。研究结果表明，REBT 的心理困扰和健康模型对男女都有效。要求作为主要的非理性信念过程，通过次要的非理性信念过程（awfulizing）间接预测男性和女性的抑郁症状。但是，存在一些性别差异。挫折不容忍对男性的抑郁症状有独特的影响，而对自我的整体评估在女性的要求与抑郁症状之间的关系中起着至关重要的作用。关于心理健康模型，研究结果表明，主要的理性信念过程（偏好）通过次要的理性信念过程（非可怕化）预测了两性的抑郁症状。然而，无条件的自我接纳信念只对女性在这种关系中发挥重要作用。此外，目前的研究结果表明，通过对自我和可怕信念的整体评估，要求对抑郁症状的间接预测效果因女性的非可怕和无条件自我接受信念的水平而异。非令人恐惧的信念作为一种保护因素，通过对整个样本的令人恐惧的信念来对抗要求对抑郁症状的间接预测影响。我们详细讨论了潜在的理论和临床意义。