Psychological Development and Education ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (1): 79-85.

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The Relations Between Personal Planning and Depression in Senior High School Students:The Moderating Effect of Gender

YU Feng-jie, ZHAO Jing-xin, ZHANG Wen-xin   

  1. School of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014
  • Online:2013-01-15 Published:2013-01-15

Abstract: A sample of 1261 Chinese adolescents from the tenth and twelfth grades were employed to complete two self-report questionnaires, including a Chinese modified version of Personal Planning Questionnaire and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale(CES-D). The indicators of adolescents' personal planning were exploration and commitment related to three life domains, i.e. future education, occupation, and marriage/family. This study explored the associations between senior high school students' personal planning and their depression, and the moderating effect of gender on the associations. The main findings were as follows:(1) In the domain of education, the level of the senior high school students' personal planning(exploration and commitment) negatively predicted the level of depression; In marriage/family domain, the level of exploration positively predicted the level of depression, and the level of commitment negatively predicted depression. However, the level of the senior high school students' personal planning concerning future occupation was not associated with depression.(2) Gender moderated the relation between the exploration related to future marriage/family and depression. Further analysis indicated that for female students, the higher level of exploration concerning future marriage/family they perceived, the higher level of depression they reported, while no association was observed among males.

Key words: senior high school students, planning, exploration, commitment, depression

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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