ABSTRACT This study investigated the role experiential avoidance and self-regulation play in mediating relationships between stylistic differences in the way college students engage or attempt to evade the process of constructing a personal sense of identity and depressive symptoms. Two hundred seven 18- to 23-year-old undergraduate students completed measures of identity processing style, self-regulation, experiential avoidance, and depressive symptoms. Consistent with previous research, a diffuse-avoidant identity style was positively associated with depression, which was completely mediated by self-regulation and experiential avoidance. Contrary to prediction, an informational identity style was not directly related with experiential avoidance or depression. However, an informational style indirectly predicted low depressive symptoms via self-regulation. Unexpectedly, when the contribution of self-regulation was controlled, an informational style was positively associated with experiential avoidance, which indirectly predicted high depressive symptoms. The pattern of relationships was not moderated by the sex of the participants. Implications of the results for intervention programs and counseling practices that may enhance the mental health of college students are considered.

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身份处理方式和抑郁：经验回避和自我调节的中介作用

摘要 本研究调查了体验回避和自我调节在调节大学生参与或试图逃避构建个人认同感和抑郁症状的过程中的文体差异之间的关系中的作用。207 名 18 至 23 岁的本科生完成了身份处理方式、自我调节、经验回避和抑郁症状的测量。与先前的研究一致，弥散回避的身份风格与抑郁症呈正相关，完全由自我调节和经验回避介导。与预测相反，信息身份风格与经验回避或抑郁没有直接关系。然而，信息风格通过自我调节间接预测低度抑郁症状。出乎意料的是，当自我调节的贡献得到控制时，信息风格与经验回避呈正相关，间接预测了高度抑郁症状。关系模式不受参与者性别的影响。考虑了结果对可能增强大学生心理健康的干预计划和咨询实践的影响。