Group identification alleviates death anxiety in military medical students:chain mediating role of self-esteem and collective self-esteem
10.16016/j.2097-0927.202305073
- VernacularTitle:军校医学生群体认同缓解死亡焦虑:个体自尊和集体自尊的链式中介作用
- Author:
Yingcan ZHENG
1
;
Zhuoya YANG
;
Mengyin ZHU
;
Guoyu YANG
Author Information
1. 400038 重庆,陆军军医大学(第三军医大学)医学心理系:军人发展心理学教研室
- Keywords:
military medical students;
group identification;
death anxiety;
self-esteem;
collective self-esteem
- From:
Journal of Army Medical University
2024;46(16):1920-1924,封3
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effects of group identification on death anxiety among military medical students and the chain mediating effects of self-esteem and collective self-esteem.Methods Cluster sampling was conducted to survey the students in a military medical university in July,2021,and finally survey data from 360 participants were collected through WeChat Mini Program,Questionnaire Star.The Questionnaires included Templer Death Anxiety Scale(T-DAS),Organizational Identification Questionnaire,Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale-Revised(RSES-R),Collective Self-Esteem Scale and a self-designed general information questionnaire.Results ①The score of death anxiety in the participants ranged from 1.00 to 4.33(M=2.60).②The scores of group identification,self-esteem and collective self-esteem were negatively correlated with death anxiety(r=-0.56～-0.21,P＜0.01).Significantly positive correlations were observed in any 2 scores among the above 3 scores(r=0.42～0.68,P＜0.01).③ Group identification significantly negatively predicted death anxiety(b=-0.21,SE=0.02,P＜0.001).④ There were 3 mediation effects between group identification and death anxiety:group identification→self-esteem→death anxiety,group identification→ collective self-esteem→ death anxiety,group identification→ self-esteem→collective self-esteem→death anxiety,with a total indirect effect of-017.Conclusion Group identification can negatively predict death anxiety among military medical students,and self-esteem and collective self-esteem play a chain mediating role between them.
