Wu Jia, Li Qianfeng, Wu Qinglu, Li Qiaoling
Student Affairs Office, Guangzhou City University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Institute of Analytical Psychology, City University of Macau, Macau, Macao SAR, China.
Front Psychiatry. 2022 Jun 6;13:858951. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.858951. eCollection 2022.
Discrimination as a crucial stressor damages the mental health of socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals through increased ruminative thinking. A "stress-is-enhancing" mindset may protect the mental health of socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals under the pressures of perceived discrimination and rumination. This study examined the mediating role of rumination and the moderating role of stress mindset in the relationship between perceived discrimination and psychological symptoms among socioeconomically disadvantaged college students. A total of 919 socioeconomically disadvantaged undergraduate students (48.4% female, ages 17-25) were recruited. The results indicated that perceived discrimination was positively associated with psychological symptoms among socioeconomically disadvantaged undergraduate students through rumination ( = 0.11, boot SE = 0.01, boot 95% CIs = [0.08, 0.13]). Importantly, stress mindset moderated the indirect association between perceived discrimination and psychological distress through rumination ( = -0.18, boot SE = 0.08, boot 95% CIs = [-0.32, -0.03]). Specifically, compared with individuals with low levels of the stress-is-enhancing mindset, the indirect effect of perceived discrimination on psychological distress through rumination was weaker among individuals with high levels of the stress-is-enhancing mindset. The findings provide support for future intervention practice to promote a stress-is-enhancing mindset to protect the mental health of socioeconomically disadvantaged college students under the pressures of perceived discrimination and rumination.
作为一种关键压力源的歧视，会通过增加反刍思维损害社会经济地位不利个体的心理健康。“压力增强”心态可能会在感知到的歧视和反刍的压力下保护社会经济地位不利个体的心理健康。本研究考察了反刍的中介作用以及压力心态在社会经济地位不利的大学生所感知的歧视与心理症状之间关系中的调节作用。共招募了919名社会经济地位不利的本科生（48.4%为女性，年龄在17 - 25岁之间）。结果表明，在社会经济地位不利的本科生中，感知到的歧视通过反刍与心理症状呈正相关（β = 0.11，抽样误差标准误 = 0.01，抽样95%置信区间 = [0.08, 0.13]）。重要的是，压力心态调节了感知到的歧视通过反刍与心理困扰之间的间接关联（β = -0.18，抽样误差标准误 = 0.08，抽样95%置信区间 = [-0.32, -0.03]）。具体而言，与“压力增强”心态水平较低的个体相比，“压力增强”心态水平较高的个体中，感知到的歧视通过反刍对心理困扰的间接效应较弱。这些发现为未来的干预实践提供了支持，即促进“压力增强”心态，以保护社会经济地位不利的大学生在感知到的歧视和反刍压力下的心理健康。
