Sun Yao, Lam Chun Bun, Chung Kevin Kien Hoa
Centre for Child and Family Science, The Education University of Hong Kong, Taipo, Hong Kong.
Department of Early Childhood Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, 10, Lo Ping Road, Taipo, New Territories Hong Kong.
Mindfulness (N Y). 2022;13(6):1499-1509. doi: 10.1007/s12671-022-01892-w. Epub 2022 Apr 19.
The current study examined whether hope and mindfulness were associated with changes in two maladjustment measures, internalizing and externalizing behaviors, during the COVID-19 pandemic and tested sense of coherence as a mediator. The salutogenic theory of health, which posits that sense of coherence is central to individuals' well-being in stressful situations and that individuals derive their sense of coherence from their generalized resistance resources (GRRs), was used to guide the analyses.
On two occasions separated by about 6 months, 253 Hong Kong college students (mean age = 21.0 years at time 1; 86% of them were women) filled in online questionnaires during the COVID-19 outbreaks. Path analysis was conducted to examine the interrelationships among hope and mindfulness, sense of coherence, and internalizing and externalizing behaviors.
Results indicated that hope and mindfulness at time 1 were associated with internalizing and externalizing behaviors at time 2, even after controlling for confounding variables and prior levels of internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Moreover, sense of coherence at time 1 significantly mediated these associations.
Findings pointed to the potential roles of hope, mindfulness, and sense of coherence in understanding Chinese college students' adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Future research is needed to test whether sense of coherence and behavioral adjustment can be promoted through hope- and mindfulness-based intervention programs. Future research is also needed to examine the interrelationships among health-promoting assets, sense of coherence, and individual adjustment in samples of diverse cultural backgrounds.
本研究考察了在新冠疫情期间，希望和正念是否与内化和外化行为这两种适应不良指标的变化相关，并检验了连贯感作为中介变量的作用。健康的 salutogenic 理论认为，连贯感是个体在压力情境下幸福的核心，个体从其广义抵抗资源（GRRs）中获得连贯感，该理论被用于指导分析。
在两次间隔约6个月的时间里，253名香港大学生（第一次测量时平均年龄 = 21.0岁；其中86%为女性）在新冠疫情爆发期间填写了在线问卷。进行路径分析以检验希望、正念、连贯感以及内化和外化行为之间的相互关系。
结果表明，即使在控制了混杂变量以及内化和外化行为的先前水平之后，第一次测量时的希望和正念与第二次测量时的内化和外化行为相关。此外，第一次测量时的连贯感显著中介了这些关联。
研究结果指出了希望、正念和连贯感在理解中国大学生在新冠疫情期间的适应情况方面的潜在作用。未来需要进行研究，以检验基于希望和正念的干预项目是否可以促进连贯感和行为适应。还需要未来的研究来考察在不同文化背景样本中，促进健康的资产、连贯感和个体适应之间的相互关系。
