The effects of childhood abuse,quality of life on anxiety and depression of college students: a path analysis

Abstract

Objective To study the mediating effect of quality of life( QOL) between childhood abuse and depression and anxiety of college students,and to provide basis to intervene their mental disorder.Methods Through stratified sampling,2374 college students in Jiangsu were investigated by the personal report of childhood abuse ( PRCA),Beck depression rating scale ( BDI ),self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and the world health of organization quality of life brief scale(WHOQOL-BREF).A path analysis was applied by AMOS( Analysis of Moment Structures) version 7.0.Results The path analysis shows that childhood abuse was directly related to depression and anxiety of college students( Sβ =0.145,0.130; P＜0.01 ),and was inversely related to 4 domains of the WHOQOL-BREF( S3 =- 0.251 ～ - 0.287 ; P ＜ 0.01 ).3 domains ( exclusion SOCIL domain) of the WHOQOL-BREF were directly related to depression and anxiety of college students( Sβ =- 0.089 ～ - 0.421 ; P ＜0.01 ).3 domains ( exclusion SOCIL domain) of the WHOQOL-BREF mediate the relationship between childhood abuse and depression and anxiety of college students.The model Ⅱ fit indexes of were x2/df =1.674,P=0.187,RMSEA =0.017,RMR =0.052,GFI =1.000,AGFI =0.994,NF1 =1.000,RFI =0.995,IFI =1.000,TLI =0.998,CFI =1.000.Conclusion Quality of life as mediated variable mediates the relationship between childhood abuse and anxiety and depression of college students. Key words: Childhood abuse; Quality of life; Anxiety; Depression; Path analysis; College students