Li Dongmei
School of Psychology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.
Iran J Public Health. 2020 Nov;49(11):2060-2068. doi: 10.18502/ijph.v49i11.4721.
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak has led to travel bans and restricted social contact. Sudden decrease of social activities can easily trigger social anxiety, especially for community youths. Existing studies have inconclusive results regarding whether the development of youths' social anxiety can be predicted by psychological capital. This study aims to clarify the influence mechanisms of psychological capital and coping style on social anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.
Overall 600 community youths with ages of 18-22 yr in Northeast China were randomly selected and voluntarily answered the online questionnaire survey in Mar 2020. General information questionnaire form, positive psychological capital questionnaire, social interaction anxiety scale, and simple coping style questionnaire were used to obtain the participants' information.
Psychological capital has a medium negative correlation with social anxiety, low positive correlation with positive coping ( = -0.42, 0.38), and low negative correlation with negative coping ( = -0.19). Social anxiety is negatively correlated with positive coping to a small degree and positively correlated with negative coping at a medium level ( = -0.16, 0.43). Positive coping has a low positive correlation with negative coping ( = 0.13). Positive coping and negative coping play partial mediating roles between psychological capital and social anxiety, with mediating effect values of -0.03 and 0.01, respectively.
Youth's psychological capital is closely associated with coping style and social anxiety. In addition to its direct bearing on social anxiety, psychological capital influences social anxiety through the mediating effect of coping style.
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行的爆发导致了旅行禁令和社交接触受限。社交活动的突然减少很容易引发社交焦虑，尤其是对于社区青年而言。关于心理资本能否预测青年社交焦虑的发展，现有研究结果尚无定论。本研究旨在阐明在COVID-19大流行爆发期间心理资本和应对方式对社交焦虑的影响机制。
2020年3月，在中国东北地区随机选取了600名年龄在18 - 22岁的社区青年，他们自愿回答在线问卷调查。使用一般信息问卷、积极心理资本问卷、社交互动焦虑量表和简易应对方式问卷来获取参与者的信息。
心理资本与社交焦虑呈中度负相关，与积极应对呈低度正相关（r = -0.42，0.38），与消极应对呈低度负相关（r = -0.19）。社交焦虑与积极应对呈低度负相关，与消极应对呈中度正相关（r = -0.16，0.43）。积极应对与消极应对呈低度正相关（r = 0.13）。积极应对和消极应对在心理资本与社交焦虑之间起部分中介作用，中介效应值分别为-0.03和0.01。
青年的心理资本与应对方式和社交焦虑密切相关。心理资本除了直接影响社交焦虑外，还通过应对方式的中介作用影响社交焦虑。
