The relationship between dimensions of empathy and symptoms of depression among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A network analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between different dimensions of empathy and individual symptoms of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic remains unclear, despite the established link between empathy and depression. The network analysis offers a novel framework for visualizing the association between empathy and depression as a complex system consisting of interacting nodes. In this study, we investigated the nuanced associations between different dimensions of empathy and individual symptoms of depression using a network model during the pandemic.

Methods

1,177 students completed the Chinese version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), measuring dimensions of empathy, and the Chinese version of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), measuring symptoms of depressio

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9813512 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature