To Approach or to Avoid? Motivation Differentially Mediates the Effect of Hardiness on Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Military Personnel

Table 1

The hardiness personality, avoidance motivation, and depressive symptoms of the military community.

	Soldiers (M±S.D.)	Cadets (M±S.D.)	t (P)
Age	15~3	21.30 ± 1.89	--
Gender (male/female)	98/0	135/5	--
Education (middle school/high school/junior college/university)	26/64/7/1	0/0/0/140	--
DRS	41.58±5.81	43.20±4.05	-2.38
BAS-drive	11.33±2.27	12.40±1.84	-3.85
BAS-reward responsiveness	12.35±2.04	13.32±1.62	-4.07
BAS-fun seeking	13.72±2.69	15.03±1.98	-4.08
BIS	13.50±3.25	18.74±2.95	-12.91
Z_CES-D/Z_BDI	-0.0007±1.01	0.004±1.00	-0.04

Note: P<0.05, P<0.01, and P<0.001. The age range (1=15~20 years; 2=21~25 years; 3=26~30 years; 4=31~35 years; 5=36 years and above) was collected. DRS=Dispositional Resilience Scale; BAS=Behavioral Activation Scale; BIS=Behavioral Inhibition Scale; Z_CES-D=Z value of CES-D (Center for Epidemiological Survey Depression Scale) total score; Z_BDI=Z value of BDI (Beck Depression Inventory) total score.