Abstract
Objective: To explore the underlying mechanism of the impact of perceived stress on anxiety of the Chinese college students during the COVID-19 epidemic.
Methods: The Perceived Stress Scale, Irrational Belief Scale, and General Anxiety Scale were adopted in the current study. College students were randomly selected for online questionnaire survey. There were 1,598 valid questionnaires, and the proportion of women was 47.81%.
Results: The perceived stress and anxiety, as well as the three dimensions of irrational beliefs (catastrophizing, low frustration tolerance, and depreciation) were significantly positively correlated; demandingness was not significantly correlated with anxiety. Further analysis found that the perceived stress had a significant positive predictive effect on the anxiety of college students. Catastrophizing, low frustration tolerance, and depreciation played part of the mediating role, and there was no significant difference in the strength of these mediating roles.
Conclusion: The perceived stress of the COVID-19 epidemic had a positive effect on the anxiety of Chinese college students, this was partly mediated by irrational beliefs.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 731874 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
| Volume | 12 |
| Early online date | Sept 2021 |
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| Publication status | Published - 8 Sept 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Copyright © 2021 Chi, Qian, Haihua and Nuoxun.
Funding
This article was a phased achievement of the science popularization project of public health under the background of COVID-19 (2020JBWZ001) funded by the basic research expenses of Universities affiliated to the central government.
Keywords
- anxiety
- college students
- COVID-19
- irrational beliefs
- perceived stress
