School of Psychology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116023, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 15;20(4):3431. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20043431.
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread worldwide, and its related stressors are causing a high prevalence of mental health problems among graduate students. This has the potential for long-term effects on their mental well-being. However, few large-scale studies have been conducted on multiple risk and protective factors. Therefore, we aimed to test the impact of social support on depressive symptoms among graduate students and analyze the mediating role of positive coping and the regulatory role of neuroticism. From 1-8 October 2021, 1812 Chinese graduate students were surveyed online. We used a structural equation model to study the mediating role of positive coping in the relationship between social support and depressive symptoms and used the Hayes PROCESS macro to conduct mediating analysis. The incidence of depressive symptoms was 10.40%. These results showed that positive coping influenced the social support's influence on depression symptoms to some extent. Moreover, neuroticism regulates the indirect relationship between social support and depressive symptoms through active coping. Further research is needed to assess the impact of various forms of social support on graduate students' mental health and to develop strategies for maintaining their well-being, such as network mindfulness.
冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行继续在全球范围内蔓延，其相关压力因素导致研究生群体中精神健康问题高发。这可能会对他们的精神健康产生长期影响。然而，针对多种风险和保护因素的大规模研究较少。因此，我们旨在检验社会支持对研究生抑郁症状的影响，并分析积极应对的中介作用和神经质的调节作用。2021 年 10 月 1 日至 8 日，我们对 1812 名中国研究生进行了在线调查。我们使用结构方程模型研究积极应对在社会支持与抑郁症状之间关系中的中介作用，并使用 Hayes PROCESS 宏进行中介分析。抑郁症状的发生率为 10.40%。这些结果表明，积极应对在一定程度上影响了社会支持对抑郁症状的影响。此外，神经质通过积极应对调节社会支持与抑郁症状之间的间接关系。需要进一步研究评估各种形式的社会支持对研究生心理健康的影响，并制定策略以维护他们的幸福感，例如网络正念。
