The Moderating Effect of Confiding on the Influence of Loneliness on Depression

Abstract

Todays society pays more and more attention to the physical and mental health of college students. In order to help people find effective ways to reduce their negative emotions, researchers at home and abroad have conducted studies on confiding, believing that confiding can relieve peoples depression at certain times, and sometimes it will be aggravated. This study aims to investigate the moderating effect of confiding in the influence of loneliness levels on depression levels. The direct method was used to quantify the loneliness level, depression level, confiding frequency, and confiding empathy of the participants through questionnaires. The results showed that the level of loneliness had a significant positive impact on the level of depression, and neither the frequency of confiding nor the degree of empathy had a moderating effect on the level of loneliness and depression. Subsequent research should appropriately broaden the group of subjects, and improve the confiding itself by conducting more direct and precise research.