Intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety among college students during the re-emergence of COVID-19: Mediation effects of cognitive emotion regulation and moderation effects of family function

Huang, Andi; Liu, Lili; Wang, Xiayong; Chen, Jianbin; Liang, Shunwei; Peng, Xuebiao; Li, Jiahong; Luo, Cong; Fan, Fang; Zhao, Jingbo

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2023.01.110

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“…The Family APGAR index, initially developed by Smilkstein ( 39 ), underwent adaptation and translation into Chinese by Zhang ( 40 ). Subsequent research demonstrated the scale’s robust reliability and validity among Chinese college students ( 41 , 42 ). Comprising five items, the scale aims to assess various facets of family functioning, encompassing adaptation, partnership, growth, affectation, and resolve.…”

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Chinese college students’ mental health during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic: the protective role of family functioning

Zeng,

Holtmaat,

Verdonck-de Leeuw

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundVarious psychological theories suggest that a supportive family environment protects the mental health of young adults during stressful life events. However, evidence is limited regarding the protective role of family support during a major public health crisis.ObjectiveTo examine the role of family functioning on mental health among Chinese college students during first stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsBetween January–March 2020, 1,555 college students (44% female, on average 19 years old) from five Chinese universities participated. Participants rated their family functioning on the Family APGAR Index and their mental health on the Psychological Questionnaires for Emergent Events of Public Health, measuring depression, neurasthenia, fear, obsessive-anxiety and hypochondriasis.ResultsBetter family functioning was associated with having fewer psychological symptoms. In addition, we identified three mental health profiles related to the severity across the psychological symptoms: Low-level, medium-level and high-level symptom clusters. Latent profile analysis showed that as family function improved, students were, respectively, 16 to 24% more likely to be in the low-level symptom group, compared to being in the medium symptom group or the high-level symptom group.ConclusionThese results support the notion that family support may act as a psychological buffer for young adults during a large-scale public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Chinese college students’ mental health during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic: the protective role of family functioning

Zeng,

Holtmaat,

Verdonck-de Leeuw

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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“…To restrict the spread of the virus and ensure public health, governments took the segregation and quarantine policy, and universities in China were sometimes under strict lockdown policies, which led to short- and long-term impacts on the education and mental health of university students ( Elmer et al, 2020 ). The unpredictability of students’ life plans had also risen sharply, together with the update of the public health policies reflecting the fluctuation of the pandemic situations, which caused students’ stress and anxiety ( Aristovnik et al, 2020 ; Huang et al, 2023 ). Existing longitudinal studies find that the level of stress, anxiety, and depression of Chinese university students has increased during the post-lockdown period ( Li et al, 2020 ).…”

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Researching into Chinese university students’ mental health in the post-pandemic era – problems and causes

Ning,

Luo,

Guo

2024

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionMental health challenges have still been widely pervasive among Chinese university students after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article aims to explore mental health challenges encountered by Chinese university students in the post-pandemic era and explain causes to these challenges using a qualitative approach.MethodsWe conducted six focus group interviews with university students in Zhuhai, China, and altogether 61 students including 43 female students, and 18 male students participated in the study.ResultsOur results indicate that sleep difficulties, anxiety, and stress are the three primary mental health challenges experienced by students. Academic pressure, social influence including peer pressure and pursuit of social acceptance, and pandemic related policies and measures are the causes to the above mental health challenges.DiscussionThe results of this study will inform the development of mental health promotion, intervention, and education activities for university students to bolster their resilience and cope with mental health problems in the post-pandemic era. Meanwhile, our results could illuminate the services stakeholders provide to university students in the future.

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“…The COVID-19 outbreak in recent years has raised significant health concerns [ 6 , 7 ]. However, there is relatively little research on health and treatment decisions [ 8 , 9 ].…”

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The Neural Response Process of Cognitive Decision Making: An ERP Study

Gao

et al. 2023

Brain Sciences

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Cognitive decision has the basic characteristics of risk avoidance and benefit seeking. To explore the neural response process of cognitive decision making, we asked 32 undergraduates to make a decision on whether to accept a specific treatment option with a certain cure rate and a certain risk rate while recording their electrical brain responses. The results showed that more participants chose the treatment option with a high cure rate and moderate or low risk. Compared with low and high risk, medium risk produced greater N1 and smaller P300. Low risk produced larger LPP than the moderate risk in the left hemisphere. The right prefrontal region appeared to have a smaller LPP for low risk than for high risk. The results suggest that individuals prioritize risk when making cognitive decisions. In addition, in medium-risk conditions, solution integration is more difficult. The effect of benefit size appears at the late stage of cognitive decision making and adjusts the effect of risk. These results support the satisfaction principle of decision making.

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Intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety among college students during the re-emergence of COVID-19: Mediation effects of cognitive emotion regulation and moderation effects of family function

Cited by 7 publications

References 39 publications

Chinese college students’ mental health during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic: the protective role of family functioning

Chinese college students’ mental health during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic: the protective role of family functioning

Researching into Chinese university students’ mental health in the post-pandemic era – problems and causes

The Neural Response Process of Cognitive Decision Making: An ERP Study

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