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Cheng X, Lin H. Mechanisms from Academic Stress to Subjective Well-Being of Chinese Adolescents: The Roles of Academic Burnout and Internet Addiction. Psychol Res Behav Manag 2023; 16:4183-4196. [PMID: 37868651 PMCID: PMC10590069 DOI: 10.2147/prbm.s423336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023] Open
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Purpose Academic stress is commonly known to affect adolescents' subjective well-being, but the influencing mechanisms are rarely investigated in the Chinese context. This study aims to investigate the psychological and behavioral factors operating as pathways between academic stress and adolescents' subjective well-being. Samples and Methods A multi-stage cluster random sampling is used to select 1043 adolescents from junior and senior high schools in Jinhu County, Jiangsu Province, China (mean age=14.98 years; 51.1% boys). Structural equation modeling is used to test the direct and indirect effects. Results Academic stress is significantly correlated with adolescents' subjective well-being after controlling for gender, grade, hukou, and socioeconomic status. In addition to partially mediating the link between academic stress and subjective well-being, academic burnout and Internet addiction can also operate as chain mediators in this mechanism. Adolescents' subjective well-being shows significant gender disparities, with boys having a greater degree of subjective well-being than girls. Father's income is found to have a significant positive association with adolescents' subjective well-being. Conclusion The results indicate that academic stress is a significant predictor of academic burnout, which in turn points to a positive association with Internet addiction, thereby explaining low levels of adolescents' subjective well-being. The present study develops current knowledge and expands our understanding of the underlying mechanisms by which academic stress influences adolescents' subjective well-being. This can also illuminate the practical ramifications for policymakers and social workers to mitigate academic-related stress and burnout, prevent Internet addiction, and ultimately promote the well-being of adolescent students.
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- Xiaochun Cheng
- School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Law, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou, People’s Republic of China
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Mun IB. Academic stress and first-/third-person shooter game addiction in a large adolescent sample: A serial mediation model with depression and impulsivity. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2023.107767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Selem KM, Boğan E, Shehata AE, Mohamed HA. A moderated-mediation analysis of abusive supervision, fear of negative evaluation and psychological distress among Egyptian hotel employees. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 42:3395-3410. [PMID: 36320559 PMCID: PMC9607795 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03822-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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By integrating cognitive appraisal and social exchange theories, this paper examines the linkage of supervisors' abusive reactions with psychological distress through their subordinates' fear of negative evaluation. This paper also investigates the moderating role of negative reciprocity. Data were gathered from 412 employees at 15 five-star hotels in Egypt and analyzed using PROCESS 4.0 macro in SPSS (Model 5). The findings revealed that abusive supervision was strongly positively connected with psychological distress caused by FNE. Furthermore, negative reciprocity may reduce the abusive supervision-psychological distress relationship. The positive effect of abusive supervision on psychological distress was weaker among hotel employees who held high levels of negative reciprocity. The PROCESS and narratological results highlight the need of taking negative reciprocity into account while investigating undesirable workplace behavior (i.e., abusive acts of supervisors) in the hospitality context by providing fruitful theoretical and practical contributions. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-022-03822-4.
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- Kareem M. Selem
- grid.33003.330000 0000 9889 5690Hotel Management Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522 Egypt
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- grid.411126.10000 0004 0369 5557Tourism Guiding Department, Faculty of Tourism, Adıyaman University, Adıyaman, Turkey
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- grid.33003.330000 0000 9889 5690Hotel Management Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522 Egypt
- grid.449644.f0000 0004 0441 5692Marketing Department, Faculty of Business Administration, Shaqra University, Shaqra, Saudi Arabia
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- grid.252487.e0000 0000 8632 679XDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Ecija C, Catala P, Gutierrez L, Javier Arrayás-Grajera M, Peñacoba C. The Influence of the Fear of Negative Evaluation on Activity Avoidance in Fibromyalgia: Exploring Pain Acceptance and Positive Affect as Resilience Variables. Clin Nurs Res 2022; 32:902-913. [PMID: 36217962 DOI: 10.1177/10547738221122670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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To examine the mediating role of pain acceptance (PAcc) between fear of negative evaluation (FNE) and activity avoidance (AV) at different levels of positive affect (PA) (moderator) among women diagnosed with fibromyalgia (FM) (moderate mediation model). This study was cross-sectional in design. A convenience sample of women with FM (n = 231) completed measures of pain severity, FNE, PAcc, AV, and PA. A simple mediation model and a moderate mediation model was constructed and analyzed using the SPSS macro-PROCESS. First, PAcc mediated the effect of FNE on AV (β = .02, SE = 0.008; [95% CI [0.0075, 0.0394]). Second, a mediated effect of PAcc between FNE and AV moderated by PA at medium and high levels of PA were found (m: 0.23; β = -.22, p = .0006; h: 9.59; β = -.34, p = .0002. Future work should seek to validate study findings in diverse samples of FM patients. Additionally, future work should explore how FM self-management interventions that include PAcc can promote increased activity among women suffering from FM with medium to high levels of PA.
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Li P, Yang J, Zhou Z, Zhao Z, Liu T. The influence of college students' academic stressors on mental health during COVID-19: The mediating effect of social support, social well-being, and self-identity. Front Public Health 2022; 10:917581. [PMID: 36249242 PMCID: PMC9558906 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.917581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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COVID-19 caused harmful mental consequences to the public, and mental health problems were very common among college students during the outbreak of COVID-19. Academic stressors were the main stress for college students, and social support, social well-being, and self-identity were widely known as protective factors for mental health. Therefore, the study aimed to investigate the influence of academic stressors on mental health and the mediating effect of social support, social well-being, and self-identity among college students during the outbreak of COVID-19. With 900 college students as subjects, using the college students' academic stressors questionnaire, social support questionnaire, social well-being scale, self-identity scale, and depression anxiety stress scales (DASS-21), the results showed that: (1) academic stressors had a significantly negative correlation with social support, social well-being, and self-identity while having a significantly positive correlation with mental health; (2) academic stressors could positively predict mental health; (3) this effect was mediated by social support, social well-being, and self-identity; (4) work stressor was an important stressor during COVID-19, and had the same role as academic stressors in the structural equation model. The results of this study suggested that adjusting the academic stressors or work stressors of college students and enhancing social support could improve social well-being and self-identity, and might effectively protect their mental health under the COVID-19 pandemic environment.
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- Peng Li
- Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China,Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China,Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China,Tianjin Social Science Laboratory of Students' Mental Development and Learning, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China,*Correspondence: Tour Liu
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Dey NEY, Oti-Boadi M, Malm E, Selormey RK, Ansah KO. Fear of COVID-19, perceived academic stress, future anxiety, and psychological distress of Ghanaian university students: A serial mediation examination. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY IN AFRICA 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2022.2120703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, Legan, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Psychology, Murray State University, Murray, KY, USA
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Li C, Zhang X, Cheng X. Associations among academic stress, anxiety, extracurricular participation, and aggression: An examination of the general strain theory in a sample of Chinese adolescents. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03204-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Gonzálvez C, Sanmartín R, Vicent M, García-Fernández JM. Exploring different types of school refusers through latent profile analysis and school-related stress associations. Sci Prog 2021; 104:368504211029464. [PMID: 34283689 PMCID: PMC10450715 DOI: 10.1177/00368504211029464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Children experience significant number of stressful situations at school during their academic years. The aims of this study were to identify school refusers groups of children through latent profile analysis and to test their associations with school-related sources and manifestation of stress. Data were obtained from 755 schoolchildren (8-11 years) from public and private schools of Alicante and Murcia (Spain), using the School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised (SRAS-R) and the School Situation Survey (SSS). In general, positive and statistically significant correlations were identified between school refusal behavior and school-related sources and manifestations of stress. School refusers groups were derived from the combination of high and low scores in the four functional conditions assessed by the SRAS-R. "Low School Refusal Behavior Profile,""School Refusal Behavior by Positive Reinforcement Profile" and "Mixed School Refusal Behavior Profile" were identified. The percentages of children within these profiles were 47.7%, 46.6%, and 5.7%, respectively. The Mixed School Refusal Behavior Profile was the group with the highest average scores in the school-related stress factors. In contrast, the group with the lowest mean scores was the Low School Refusal Behavior Profile. By comparing the Low School Refusal Behavior Profile with the Mixed School Refusal Behavior Profile, the largest effect sizes were found. Findings are discussed from a socio-ecological perspective considering the school context conditions as key elements in the development of school refusal behaviors.
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- Carolina Gonzálvez
- Department of Developmental Psychology and Teaching, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Teaching, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Teaching, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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Fernández-Sogorb A, Sanmartín R, Vicent M, Gonzálvez C. Identifying Profiles of Anxiety in Late Childhood and Exploring Their Relationship with School-Based Distress. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18030948. [PMID: 33499079 PMCID: PMC7908635 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18030948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Failure in dealing with anxiety-provoking situations and stressors in the school setting may have negative consequences not only on children’s performance, but also on their well-being in the future. This research aimed to examine the relationship of forms of anxiety (anticipatory anxiety, school-based performance anxiety, and generalized anxiety) with sources (teacher interactions, academic stress, peer interactions, and academic self-concept) and manifestations (emotional, behavioral, and physiological) of school-based distress. Specifically, our objectives were to examine the correlations between anxiety and school-based distress and, using a person-centered approach, to verify whether different anxiety profiles differed in their levels of distress. The Visual Analogue Scale for Anxiety-Revised (VAA-R) and the School Situation Survey (SSS) were administered to 756 Spanish students (Mage = 9.6, SD = 1.12); 50.3% were girls. Pearson’s correlation coefficients revealed a positive and significant association between each form of anxiety and each source and manifestation of distress. The latent profile analysis identified three anxiety profiles: High Anxiety, High School-based performance Anxiety, and Low Anxiety. The High Anxiety profile scored significantly higher in all sources and manifestations of distress than the Low Anxiety profile. The High Anxiety profile showed significantly higher scores in peer interactions and emotional and behavioral manifestations of distress than the group High School-based performance Anxiety. Suggestions for intervention strategies according to the risk profile are discussed.
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Rassaby M, Cassiello-Robbins C, Sauer-Zavala S. When perfect is never good enough: The predictive role of discrepancy on anxiety, time spent on academic tasks, and psychological well-being in university students. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Uğur E, Kaya Ç, Tanhan A. Psychological inflexibility mediates the relationship between fear of negative evaluation and psychological vulnerability. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2020; 40:4265-4277. [PMID: 32982124 PMCID: PMC7509823 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-020-01074-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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College students worldwide and in Turkey face many biopsychosocial spiritual and economic issues, in part due to developmental and contextual factors. Understanding these issues and their relationship with psychological inflexibility, which is the central concept to the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), is an unexplored gap in the literature. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to examine the mediating and moderating roles of Psychological Inflexibility (PI) in the relationship between Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE) and Psychological Vulnerability (PV), and to set an empirical ground for developing evidence-based research and practices based on ACT. The study group consisted of 389 undergraduate students studying in various departments of a mid-sized urban state university. Regression-based mediation and moderation testing procedures revealed that PI partially mediates the relationship between FNE and PV. Moderating role of PI on the same relationship was not verified. The present findings are deemed to be useful for understanding the relationships of these constructs and developing future mental health research and interventions to address biopsychosocial spiritual issues and enhance wellbeing especially from an ACT perspective.
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- Erol Uğur
- Psychological Counseling and Guidance at the Department of Educational Sciences, Sakarya University, Hendek Campus, 54300 Sakarya, Turkey
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- Psychological Counseling and Guidance at the Faculty of Education, Kütahya Dumlupınar University, 43100 Kütahya, Turkey
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- Economic and Social Research Center - ESAM, Ankara, Turkey.,Department of Counseling, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC USA.,Department of Counseling, Adiyaman University, Adiyaman, Turkey.,Institute for Muslim Mental Health, Belleville, MI USA
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Scharp KM, Dorrance Hall E. Examining the Relationship Between Undergraduate Student Parent Social Support-Seeking Factors, Stress, and Somatic Symptoms: A Two-Model Comparison of Direct and Indirect Effects. HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2019; 34:54-64. [PMID: 29083239 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2017.1384427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Approximately 4.8 million undergraduate students are also raising at least one child but only 26% of these student parents will graduate within six years. This study aimed to examine how academic and parenting stress influence the relationship between support-seeking factors (i.e., the costs of seeking support and communicated support availability) and somatic health symptoms such as headaches, sleep disruption, and exercise. Two parallel mediation models (n = 185 undergraduate student parents) are compared and revealed strong patterns of indirect effects. Intrapersonal and interpersonal costs indirectly influenced somatic symptoms through academic and parenting stress. Stress also mediated the relationship between support seeking factors and somatic symptoms. Theoretical implications and practical applications are discussed.
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- Kristina M Scharp
- a Department of Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies , Family Communication and Relationships Lab Utah State University
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- b Department of Communication , Family Communication and Relationships Lab Michigan State University
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Lee KH, Oppenheimer CW, Siegle GJ, Ladouceur CD, Lee GE, Silk JS, Dahl RE. Prefrontal Cortical Response to Negative Social Words Links Social Risk to Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE 2018; 28:87-102. [PMID: 29460362 PMCID: PMC5926184 DOI: 10.1111/jora.12360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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Research suggests that altered emotion processing may be one important pathway linking social risk factors and depressive symptoms. We examined the extent to which neural response to negatively valenced social information might help to account for the relationship between social risk and depressive symptoms in youth. Forty-nine youth were scanned while identifying the emotional valence of words that connoted social status. They also completed questionnaires assessing self-reported social risk factors and depressive symptoms. Mediation analysis revealed that reduced dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activity in response to negative social status words explained the positive association between social risk and depressive symptoms. These findings suggest that social risk factors present during adolescence may contribute to depressive symptoms by influencing the neural substrates of emotion processing.
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Duan W. The benefits of personal strengths in mental health of stressed students: A longitudinal investigation. Qual Life Res 2016; 25:2879-2888. [DOI: 10.1007/s11136-016-1320-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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