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Editor, Senior Moderator
Psychol Trauma
. 2020 Jun 18.
doi: 10.1037/tra0000930. Online ahead of print.
The Effect of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Pandemic on College Students in Wuhan
Dong Yang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chia-Ching Tu[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Xiao Dai[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Objective: This study explored a multiple mediation model in Wuhan's college students. Positive thinking and resilience were identified as mediators between 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) victimization experiences and mental health.
Method: The sample included 384 from 4 universities in Wuhan, China. Four structured instruments were applied to the college students, including scale of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus victimization experience, scale of the positive thinking, scale of the resilience, and scale of the mental health. The responses were scored using a 5-point Likert scale. Structural equation models were used to construct measurement and structural models.
Results: The findings confirmed that the 2019-nCoV victimization experience was a negative predictor of mental health; positive thinking and resilience were strong mediators between 2019-nCoV victimization experience and mental health.
Conclusions: The results indicated that a complete model was significant because positive thinking compensated for resilience. Notably, these 2 strong mediators will vastly resist the negative influences of 2019-nCoV victimization experience on mental health in Wuhan's college students until the end of the pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
. 2020 Jun 18.
doi: 10.1037/tra0000930. Online ahead of print.
The Effect of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Pandemic on College Students in Wuhan
Dong Yang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chia-Ching Tu[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Xiao Dai[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32551764
- DOI: 10.1037/tra0000930
Abstract
Objective: This study explored a multiple mediation model in Wuhan's college students. Positive thinking and resilience were identified as mediators between 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) victimization experiences and mental health.
Method: The sample included 384 from 4 universities in Wuhan, China. Four structured instruments were applied to the college students, including scale of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus victimization experience, scale of the positive thinking, scale of the resilience, and scale of the mental health. The responses were scored using a 5-point Likert scale. Structural equation models were used to construct measurement and structural models.
Results: The findings confirmed that the 2019-nCoV victimization experience was a negative predictor of mental health; positive thinking and resilience were strong mediators between 2019-nCoV victimization experience and mental health.
Conclusions: The results indicated that a complete model was significant because positive thinking compensated for resilience. Notably, these 2 strong mediators will vastly resist the negative influences of 2019-nCoV victimization experience on mental health in Wuhan's college students until the end of the pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).