An Examination of the Validity of the Differentiation-of-Self Hypothesis and Its Mechanism Related to Negative Life Event Aversion among Japanese University Students

• 作者: Koji Kudo
• 来源期刊: 医学心理学(英文)
• 学科: 数学
• 关键词: Differentiation of Self Validity Negative Life Events VULNERABILITY AVERSION
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（3）
• 页码范围: 89-99
• 页数: 11页
• 分类号: O17

摘要

<p style="text-align:justify;margin-left:10pt;"> <span style="font-family:;" "=""><span>This study examined the validity of the differentiation-of-self hypothesis for Japanese university students, and its mechanism in relation to negative life event aversion. Although </span><span>the differentiation-of-self hypothesis is accepted as one of the basic hypothes</span><span>es in the clinical field of family therapy in Japan</span><span><span>, empirical studies on the subject are scarce. Further, there are few studies, internationally, on its mechanism. A questionnaire survey was conducted with university students (</span><i><span>n </span></i><span>= 250) to measure their differentiation of self, maladaptive states, and negative life event aversion. </span><span>Compared to the better-differentiated group, the less-differentiated group had higher scores both for maladaptive </span></span><span><span>states—somatic symptoms (</span><i><span>t</span></i><span>(223) = -</span></span></span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span>2.70, </span><i><span>p</span></i><span> = </span></span></span></span><span><span>0</span></span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span>.008), social dysfunction</span><span><span> (</span><i><span>t</span></i><span>(211.00) = -</span></span></span></span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span>3.30, </span><i><span>p</span></i><span> = </span></span></span></span><span><span>0</span></span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span>.001), and severe depression (</span><i><span>t</span></i><span>(208.78) = -</span></span></span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span>4.08, </span><i><span>p</span></i><span> <</span></span></span></span><span><span> 0</span></span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span>.001)—and negative life event aversion—interpersonal domain (</span><i><span>t</span></i><span>(223) = -</span></span></span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span>3.96, </span><i><span>p</span></i><span> <</span></span></span></s