The influence of anxiety and depression on meaning in life in college students: the mediating role of boredom tendency
10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20210319-00148
- VernacularTitle:焦虑抑郁情绪对大学生生命意义感的影响：无聊倾向性的中介作用
- Author:
Youdong LI
1
;
Yuhan PENG
;
Ziyan WANG
;
Yishan DENG
;
Wanyu ZHOU
;
Zheng LIU
;
Yuying WU
Author Information
1. 河北医科大学第一医院临床心理科，石家庄 050000
- Keywords:
College student;
Boredom tendency;
Meaning in life;
Depression;
Anxiety;
Mediating effect
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2021;30(7):634-639
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the mediating role of boredom tendency in anxiety, depression and meaning in life in college students.Methods:Totally 590 college students in Shijiazhuang were selected to carry out a questionnaire survey, including general questionnaire, boredom proneness questionnaire (BPQ), meaning in life questionnaire (MLQ), patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) and general anxiety disorder-7(GAD-7). Spearman correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis were conducted to analyze the data by using SPSS 20.0, and Amos 24.0 was used to analyze the mediating effect of boredom tendency on anxiety, depression and sense of life meaning in college students.Results:Correlation analysis found that the total score of boredom tendency was negatively correlated with meaning in life ( r=-0.260, P<0.05) and education ( r=-0.110, P<0.05). The total score of boredom tendency was positively correlated with depression ( r=0.649, P<0.05) and anxiety ( r=0.555, P<0.05). The mediating effect model fit well(χ 2/ df=0.582, GFI=1.000, AGFI=0.994, RMSEA=0.000). Boredom tendency played a partial mediating role between anxiety meaning in life(standard effect size=-0.054), a complete mediating role between depression and meaning in life(standard effect size=-0.175), and a complete mediating role between educational background and meaning in life(standard effect size=0.025). Conclusion:Boredom tendency plays a mediating role in the model between related factors and meaning in life, and attentions should be paid to the psychological development of college students.
