While rich with opportunities for self-exploration, the transition to and through college is stressful, often associated with the onset or exacerbation of mental illness. Attending to these characteristics, this preregistered study asked whether derailment-or difficulties reconciling perceived identity change-in freshman year predicts senior depressive symptoms, and how individual risks for depression relate to this association. Derailment and depressive symptoms evidenced significant 3-year stability, and these constructs had positive cross-sectional associations in both freshman and senior year. Freshman derailment failed to predict senior depressive symptoms for the average student, but individual differences in self-reflection moderated the association: freshman derailment positively predicted senior depression among those lowest in self-reflection. Together, this study suggests derailment and depressive symptoms are consistently related at critical points of transition, and some individual differences in cognition may help predict their long-term association. While useful for understanding nuances between derailment and depression, these findings also inform ways of attending to and supporting college students through periods of transition. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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大学出轨和抑郁：通过自我反省、沉思、完美主义和认知灵活性测试 3 年的预测能力和适度。

虽然有丰富的自我探索机会，但进入大学和完成大学的过程充满压力，通常与精神疾病的发作或恶化有关。考虑到这些特征，这项预先注册的研究询问了大一新生出轨或协调感知身份变化的困难是否可以预测老年抑郁症状，以及抑郁症的个体风险如何与这种关联相关。脱轨和抑郁症状证明了显着的 3 年稳定性，并且这些结构在大一和大四都有积极的横断面关联。新生出轨未能预测普通学生的高年级抑郁症状，但自我反省的个体差异缓和了这种关联：在自我反省最低的人中，大一新生出轨正向预测高年级抑郁症。总之，这项研究表明，脱轨和抑郁症状在过渡的关键点始终相关，认知方面的一些个体差异可能有助于预测它们的长期关联。虽然有助于理解出轨和抑郁之间的细微差别，但这些发现也为在过渡时期关注和支持大学生的方式提供了信息。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。这些发现还为在过渡时期关注和支持大学生的方式提供了信息。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。这些发现还为在过渡时期关注和支持大学生的方式提供了信息。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。