Correlation between depression and personality,social support among college students

Objective To explore the relationship between depression and personality,social support.Methods A total of 1 100 college students were collected with stratified-cluster sampling in Xinxiang city and asked to complete Percived Social Support(PSSS),Eyscenk Personality Questionnaire(EPQ),and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale(CES-D).Results The prevalence rate of depression was 81% among the students.Family support,friend support,other support,and perceived social support had negative correlations with depression(r=-0.163,-0.202,-0.219,-0.214;P0.001 for all).EPQ-neuroticlsm(N) and EPQ-psychoticism(P) had significant positive correlation with depression(r=0.398,0.247).EPQ-extraversion(E) and EPQ-lie(L) were negative predicators of depression(r=-0.172,-0.120).There were obvious positive correlations among the the dimensionalities of PSSS and EPQ-E and EPQ-L,EPQ-N and EPQ-P had significant negative correlations with the dimensionalities of PSSS.Conclusion Depression among college students needs to be concerned.Depression and personality are closely related to social support.