Relationship between college students’ perceived stress and their suicidal ideation: multiple mediating effect of resilience and depression

Caizhi WU; Na MA; Tingting Huang; Afang LU; Zhihong Ren; Fenghui Yuan

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Relationship between college students’ perceived stress and their suicidal ideation: multiple mediating effect of resilience and depression

VernacularTitle:知觉压力与大学生自杀意念：心理复原力和抑郁的链式中介作用
Author: Caizhi WU ^{1
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2} ; Na MA ³ ; Tingting HUANG ⁴ ; Afang LU ⁵ ; Zhihong REN ¹ ; Fenghui YUAN ⁶
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1. School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079
2. Mental Health Center of Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
3. Students’ Affairs Office, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003
4. Educational & Counseling Central Mental Health, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100
5. Bozhou Vocational and Technical College, Bozhou 236800
6. Mental Health Center of Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: perceived stress; resilience; depression; suicidal ideation; college student
From: Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences) 2024;45(3):371-375
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: 【Objective】 To explore the relationship between perceived stress and suicidal ideation as well as the mediating effect of resilience and depression. 【Methods】 A sample of 875 college students was recruited for the study to complete a set of self-report measures of Chinese Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS), the Resiliency Scale of University Students, Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire, and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). 【Results】 ①College students’ perceived stress and depression had significantly positive correlation with their suicidal ideation, while the students’ resilience had a significantly negative correlation with their perceived stress and depression. ②Perceived stress did not affect suicidal ideation of the college students directly, but indirectly affected their suicidal ideation through three significant mediating pathways: the separate mediating effects of (a) resilience and (b) depression, and the serial mediating effect of (c) resilience and depression. 【Conclusion】 Resilience and depression exert a chain mediating effect between perceived stress and suicidal ideation of college students.