Zhang Libin, Qi Huan, Wang Chenxu, Wang Tian, Zhang Yunyun
Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
College of Psychology and Mental Health, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, China.
Front Psychiatry. 2022 Sep 20;13:969572. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.969572. eCollection 2022.
The outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic continues to unfold globally, which harms the public's mental health. Adolescents' mental health is affected by social isolation and lockdown during the COVID-19 epidemic. The implicit theory of thoughts-emotion-behavior states that individuals with a growth mindset believe that thoughts, emotions, and behaviors can be changed through effort and tend to persist in pursuing higher goals and maintain enthusiasm as well as cope with stress resiliently, thus having higher gritty and levels of mental health. This study aimed to explore the role of grit and coping strategies in the influence of the growth mindset on adolescents' mental health during the COVID-19 epidemic period.
A total of 1564 participants ( = 17.02, 760 boys, 804 girls) from three high schools in China were recruited to complete The Self-report Questionnaire-20, The Growth Mindset Scale, The Short Grit Scale, and The Coping Style Scale to evaluate mental health, growth mindset, grit, and positive coping strategies, respectively.
The results showed that growth mindset has no significant indirect effect on mental health through grit but has a significant indirect effect on mental health through coping strategies. The results of chain mediation analysis showed that grit and coping strategies play chain mediating roles between growth mindset and adolescents' mental health.
The findings suggest that cultivating a growth mindset, developing grit, and teaching adolescents to adopt positive coping strategies can improve adolescents' mental health.
新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情在全球持续蔓延，危害公众心理健康。在新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情期间，青少年的心理健康受到社会隔离和封锁措施的影响。思想 - 情感 - 行为的内隐理论表明，具有成长型思维模式的个体认为思想、情感和行为可以通过努力改变，并且倾向于坚持追求更高目标，保持热情，并能坚韧地应对压力，因此具有更高的坚毅性和心理健康水平。本研究旨在探讨在新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情期间，坚毅性和应对策略在成长型思维模式对青少年心理健康影响中的作用。
招募了来自中国三所高中的1564名参与者（平均年龄 = 17.02岁，男生760名，女生804名），分别完成《20项症状自评量表》《成长型思维模式量表》《简短坚毅性量表》和《应对方式量表》，以评估心理健康、成长型思维模式、坚毅性和积极应对策略。
结果表明，成长型思维模式通过坚毅性对心理健康没有显著的间接影响，但通过应对策略对心理健康有显著的间接影响。链式中介分析结果表明，坚毅性和应对策略在成长型思维模式与青少年心理健康之间起链式中介作用。
研究结果表明，培养成长型思维模式、培养坚毅性以及教导青少年采用积极的应对策略可以改善青少年的心理健康。
