The relationship between perceived social support with anxiety, depression, and insomnia among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of self-control

Zhao, Guangbo; Li, Shuangchen; Ding, Yuee; Li, Xu; Liu, Haijian

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.994376

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“…Though our data are in line with many previous studies, it is hard to establish a causal relationship between pandemic context and mental health disorders in a cross-sectional study. The study might be improved in the future by increasing the correlation analysis between mental health and other factors such as perceived social support, living environment (urban or rural area), physical activity, sedentary time, and dietary behaviors ( Ivbijaro et al, 2021 ; Shibata et al, 2021 ; Rahim et al, 2022 ; Silva et al, 2022 ; Zhao et al, 2022 ). Furthermore, mood disturbance has been reported to be associated with inflammatory processes ( Beurel et al, 2020 ).…”

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Mental health status among non-medical college students returning to school during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zhanjiang city: A cross-sectional study

Deng¹,

Zhang

2023

Front. Psychol.

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The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought huge and continuous damage to mental health. The mental health of non-medical college students after returning to school remains largely unknown and the influencing factors were awaited to be deciphered. This cross-sectional study was launched among 1,083 non-medical students in Zhanjiang city by means of online survey (WeChat App) from August 1st, 2022 to August 7th, 2022. Knowledge about COVID-19 and attitude toward COVID-19 were assessed by using 7-items and 5-items questionnaires, respectively. Sleep quality, anxiety and depression symptoms were evaluated by Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), Hamilton depression rating scale-17 (HDRS-17) and self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), respectively. The results showed that more than half of the participants were knowledgeable about COVID-19. The majority of the participants held positive attitude toward COVID-19. The data demonstrated that 6.8% students had poor sleep quality, and 1.86, 0.37 and 0.37% students had mild, moderate and severe anxiety, respectively. About 26.7, 4.7 and 1.7% students had minimal, mild–moderate and severe depression. Female students showed higher proportions of anxiety (p = 0.02) and depression (p < 0.0001) than male students. Students with monthly household income below 3,000 RMB were more vulnerable to anxiety (p = 0.017) and depression (p = 0.004). Correlation analysis and Multivariate logistic regression analysis results showed that lower grade was positively related with anxiety and depression. Female students, income lower than 3,000 RMB/month, poor knowledge about COVID-19 and negative attitude toward COVID-19 were associated with insomnia, anxiety and depression. This study indicated that during the COVID-19 pandemic, a majority of non-medical students returning to school remained good sleep quality and a small number of students suffered from depression and anxiety. To our knowledge, this is a novel study revealing the mental health of non-medical college students concerning COVID-19 in Zhanjiang.

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Mental health status among non-medical college students returning to school during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zhanjiang city: A cross-sectional study

Deng¹,

Zhang

2023

Front. Psychol.

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“…A 7-level score was used, and the higher the score, the higher the degree of social support felt by the individual. This scale has been widely used in the study of Chinese population and has been proven to have good reliability and validity [ 47 , 48 ]. The Cronbach’s α coefficient of the scale in this study was 0.962.…”

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The Association between Occupational Stress and Mental Health among Chinese Soccer Referees in the Early Stage of Reopening Soccer Matches during the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak: A Moderated Mediation Model

Liu

Zhao

Wang

et al. 2022

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Background: The sudden and unpredictable changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are a serious threat to the occupational stress and mental health of referees worldwide, which has not attracted widespread attention. The mental health of football referees has a certain influence on their job satisfaction or the accuracy of judgments. Methods: This study constructed a moderated mediation model to explore the buffer factors between occupational stress and mental health in Chinese soccer referees in the early stage of reopening soccer matches during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Data from 317 Chinese soccer referees (aged 19–45) were collected through an online questionnaire in September–October 2022. Occupational stress, mental health, job burnout and perceived social support were measured, and moderated mediation model was analyzed. Results: The results of this study showed that occupational stress was negatively correlated with mental health through the mediating effect of job burnout and the moderated effect of perceived social support after controlling for demographic variables. Specifically, the association between occupational stress and mental health was weaker when perceived social support was higher and stronger. Conclusions: The results demonstrate that job burnout and perceived social support played important roles in buffering the negative effects of occupational stress on the mental health of Chinese soccer referees in the early stage of reopening soccer matches during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. The findings provide implications for mental health interventions in soccer referees during the public health crises.

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“…Third, critically, this study focused primarily on the presence of meaning and perceived social support, overlooking the potential impact of other factors. For instance, recent research has demonstrated that future self-continuity has a direct influence on individuals' self-control (Zhang & Gao, 2023), which in turn is associated with depression (Zhao et al, 2022). Thus, self-control may serve as a potential mediating mechanism through which future self-continuity influences depression.…”

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Future self‐continuity and depression among college students: The role of presence of meaning and perceived social support

Xue

Yun

Fan

et al. 2023

Journal of Adolescence

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IntroductionFuture self‐continuity has been shown to have a protective effect against depression. This study aims to investigate the longitudinal relationship between future self‐continuity and depression among college students, and to explore the mediating role of the presence of meaning and the moderating role of perceived social support.MethodsWe conducted two studies in China in 2022 and 2023. Study 1 was a longitudinal cross‐lagged study that examined the relationship between future self‐continuity and depression among 173 participants (49.13% females, Mage = 19.39, SD = 1.63). Study 2 was a cross‐sectional study that explored the mediating role of the presence of meaning and the moderating role of perceived social support among 426 participants (48.59% females, Mage = 19.30, SD = 1.60).ResultsStudy 1 showed that future self‐continuity (T1) could significantly predict depression (T2), but depression (T1) could not predict future self‐continuity (T2). Study 2 showed that after controlling for gender, the presence of meaning mediated the relationship between future self‐continuity and depression, whereas perceived social support moderated the first half of the mediated model's pathway and the direct pathway.ConclusionsThese findings suggest that enhancing the future self‐continuity of college students and increasing the level of presence of meaning are effective measures for alleviating depression. Meanwhile, educators and families are called upon to provide more social support to college students.

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The relationship between perceived social support with anxiety, depression, and insomnia among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of self-control

Cited by 17 publications

References 41 publications

Mental health status among non-medical college students returning to school during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zhanjiang city: A cross-sectional study

Mental health status among non-medical college students returning to school during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zhanjiang city: A cross-sectional study

The Association between Occupational Stress and Mental Health among Chinese Soccer Referees in the Early Stage of Reopening Soccer Matches during the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak: A Moderated Mediation Model

Future self‐continuity and depression among college students: The role of presence of meaning and perceived social support

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