ABSTRACT

Leisure experience has particularly positive impacts on people’s health and well-being when it is perceived as meaningful. Research also suggests that mental health conditions, such as depression, inhibit people from deriving meaningfulness from their leisure. However, it remains underexplored what in depression has this negative effect on leisure-based meaning-making. Anhedonia, one of the depression’s key symptoms that undermines one’s ability to experience enjoyment, may be an underlying mechanism. This is consistent with recent evidence that positive affect plays a significant role in experiencing meaning in life. The current study examined the relationship between depression, anhedonia, and leisure-based meaning-making. A total of 155 community-living individuals with depression participated in a cross-sectional online survey. Pearson’s correlation analysis suggested that leisure-based meaning-making was negatively associated with both depression and anhedonia. However, the following mediation analyses found that the relationship between depression and leisure-based meaning-making was fully mediated by anhedonia, making depression’s direct effect non-significant. Similar patterns were observed in sub-dimensions of leisure-based meaning-making: connection/belonging and identity. The findings suggest that the hedonic factor plays a role in leisure-based meaning making.

摘要

当人们认为休闲体验有意义时，它对人们的健康和福祉产生了特别积极的影响。研究还表明，抑郁症等心理健康状况会阻碍人们从休闲中获得意义。然而，抑郁症对基于休闲的意义构建的负面影响仍未得到充分探索。快感缺失是抑郁症的主要症状之一，它会削弱一个人体验快乐的能力，这可能是一种潜在的机制。这与最近的证据一致，即积极影响在体验生活意义方面起着重要作用。目前的研究考察了抑郁症、快感缺失和基于休闲的意义构建之间的关系。共有 155 名社区生活的抑郁症患者参与了一项横断面在线调查。Pearson 的相关分析表明，基于休闲的意义建构与抑郁症和快感缺乏症均呈负相关。然而，以下中介分析发现，抑郁与基于休闲的意义建构之间的关系完全由快感缺乏介导，使得抑郁的直接影响不显着。在基于休闲的意义构建的子维度中观察到类似的模式：联系/归属感和身份。研究结果表明，享乐因素在基于休闲的意义构建中发挥作用。使抑郁症的直接影响不显着。在基于休闲的意义构建的子维度中观察到类似的模式：联系/归属感和身份。研究结果表明，享乐因素在基于休闲的意义构建中发挥作用。使抑郁症的直接影响不显着。在基于休闲的意义构建的子维度中观察到类似的模式：联系/归属感和身份。研究结果表明，享乐因素在基于休闲的意义构建中发挥作用。