Abstract: Social comparison is a common phenomenon in human living. By investigated 701 university students, the study analyzed the interaction among social comparison, depression, interpersonal self-support, and gender. The results showed: the depressive symptom level was positively correlated with the ability dimension of social comparison, and negatively correlated with the interpersonal self-support. Furthermore, the multilevel moderated analysis indicated that interpersonal self-support moderated the relationship between ability dimension of social comparison and depressive symptom significantly, and there was a remarkable gender difference. Compared to male university students with high score of interpersonal self-support, for the male university students with low score of interpersonal self-support, their social comparison was positively influence their depressive symptom remarkably, but there was no the same effect in female university students. The study suggested that we should focus on the male university students with low personal self-support, help them to resolve their negative emotion caused by social comparison ly, in order to make them free from being caught in depressive “morass”.

Key words: Social comparison, depression, interpersonal self-support, gender difference, college students

摘要： 社会比较是人类生活中的普遍现象。通过对701名大学生的问卷调查，研究分析了大学生社会比较、抑郁、人际自立以及性别间的影响关系，结果发现：大学生抑郁与能力比较显著正相关，与人际自立显著负相关。多重调节模型分析表明，人际自立显著调节能力比较与抑郁关系，且有性别差异。低人际自立男大学生，能力比较显著影响其抑郁程度。建议重点关注低人际自立男大学生，及时化解其由于社会比较产生的负性情绪，避免陷入抑郁“泥潭”。

关键词: 社会比较, 抑郁, 人际自立, 性别差异, 大学生