부산대학교 도서관

Among the factors associated with relapse and a prognosis of depression, family and cognitive processes are known to be critical. The main objectives of the present study were to explore relationships among family functioning, depression, and social information processing (SIP) in adults, and to examine the potential mediating role of SIP in the relationship between family functioning and depression. Four hundred ninety university students (160 males and 330 females) participated in the study. Participants completed the Chinese version of the McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD), the Social Information Processing Scale-Family version (SIPS-F), the Center of Epidemiological Study-Depression (CES-D), and the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). The results of the structural equation modeling indicated that family functioning, SIP, and depression were significantly correlated with each other. In addition, it was found that family functioning had a positive effect on the interpretative stage of SIP, and that it had a negative effect on the goal-response-generation stage of SIP. However, family functioning was not found to have a significant effect on the final response-evaluation stage. Family functioning and SIP both had an effect on depression. Further, there was an indirect effect of family functioning on depression via the mediating variable of interpretation. Family functioning was not found to have an indirect effect on depression via goal-response generation or response evaluation. Family functioning exerted the largest effect on depression via a person's interpretation of external events. Research and clinical implications, limitations, and suggestions for future research are delineated.