Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Department of Psychology, Colby College, Waterville, ME, USA.
Anxiety Stress Coping. 2020 May;33(3):248-255. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2020.1736900. Epub 2020 Mar 5.
Having a stress-is-enhancing mindset - the extent to which one believes the effects of stress are enhancing rather than debilitating - is associated with greater health and well-being, and may mitigate negative outcomes associated with experiencing stress. The present study aimed to examine stress mindset and whether it moderates the association between perceived stress and mental health outcomes. Participants (= 293) completed questionnaires assessing their stress mindset, perceived stress level, and current depressive and anxiety symptoms. Perceived stress and mental health were assessed again at a follow-up session one month later. Across moderated linear regression analyses, there was a consistent pattern in which higher perceived stress was associated with higher mental health concerns, but the risk was greater for those with a stress-is-debilitating mindset. Stress mindset moderated the perceived stress-depression association at baseline (= .026), at follow-up ( = .008), and when focusing on change in depressive symptoms from baseline to follow-up (= .006). These results suggest that a stress-is-enhancing mindset mitigates the development of depressive and anxiety symptoms in college students faced with high levels of stress. The benefits of introducing emerging adults to an adaptive stress mindset are discussed.
拥有一种增强压力的心态——即一个人相信压力的影响是增强而不是削弱的程度——与更好的健康和幸福感相关，并可能减轻与经历压力相关的负面结果。本研究旨在探讨压力心态以及它是否调节了感知压力与心理健康结果之间的关系。参与者（=293）完成了评估他们压力心态、感知压力水平以及当前抑郁和焦虑症状的问卷。一个月后的随访会议上再次评估感知压力和心理健康。在经过修正的线性回归分析中，存在一种一致的模式，即较高的感知压力与较高的心理健康问题相关，但对于具有压力削弱心态的人来说，风险更大。压力心态在基线时（ =0.026）、随访时（ =0.008）以及从基线到随访时关注抑郁症状的变化时（ =0.006）调节了感知压力与抑郁的关系。这些结果表明，在面临高水平压力的大学生中，增强压力的心态减轻了抑郁和焦虑症状的发展。讨论了向成年初期引入适应性压力心态的好处。
