Mediating effect of coping efficacy on relationship between psychological stress and adjustment in college freshmen
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2017.12.011
- VernacularTitle:大学新生应对效能在心理应激与适应中的中介作用
- Author:
Ai-Min MA
1
;
Zheng-Wei QU
;
Jun YAN
;
Jian FU
Author Information
1. 南通大学体育科学学院
- Keywords:
psychological stress;
coping efficacy;
adjustment;
longitude studies
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2017;31(12):994-998
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the mediating effect of coping efficacy on the relationship between psychological stress and adjustment.Methods:This study was a longitudinal study.Totally 267 college freshmen (137 males and 130 females,aged 19 to 21) were selected to fill in the China College Student Psychological Stress Scale (CCSPSS),China College Student Adjustment Scale (CCSAS) and Coping Efficacy Questionnaire (CEQ),each measurement interval two months,three times totally.Results:The CCSPSS scores were negatively correlated with scores of CCSAS and CEQ cognitive dimension (r =-0.29--0.08,Ps ＜ 0.05),and positively correlated with measurement period (represented by a continuous and dummy variable,r =0.08,P ＜ 0.05).The CCSAS scores were positively correlated with scores of CEQ cognitive dimension (r =0.25,P ＜ 0.01),and negatively correlated with measurement period (r =-0.13,P ＜ 0.01).The CEQ cognitive dimension scores was negatively correlated with measurement period (r =-0.14,P ＜ 0.01).The mediating effect analysis showed that coping efficacy played a partly mediating role between adjustment and psychological stress,measurement time,and the mediating effect were accounted for the total effect 45.7％,33.6％.Conclusion:It suggests that psychological stress and measurement time may not only directly affect the adjustment,but also indirectly affect adjustment through mediating effect of coping efficacy.
