College of Social Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Front Public Health. 2023 Aug 4;11:1230142. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1230142. eCollection 2023.
The negative consequences of depression in college students have garnered global attention, especially in relation to academic achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic, which need critical assessment.
This study investigated whether a sense of security mediated the relationship between depression and academic engagement among college students during the pandemic and whether the moderating psychological impact of COVID-19 has a moderating effect on this relationship.
In this cross-sectional study, we recruited 466 college students from 30 provincial-level administrative regions in China via the Internet and used established scales to measure depression, academic engagement, a sense of security, and the psychological impact of COVID-19. The mediating and moderating effects were tested using the bootstrap method.
Depression was found to negatively influence academic engagement, with a sense of security partially mediating this relationship. Moreover, the psychological impact of COVID-19 was shown to have a moderating effect on this mediating process.
This study could aid in crafting pertinent strategies to mitigate the adverse effects of depression on learning amid unexpected public health crises and foster better mental health among college students.
大学生抑郁的负面影响引起了全球关注，尤其是在 COVID-19 大流行期间对学业成绩的影响，这需要进行批判性评估。
本研究旨在探讨在疫情期间，大学生的安全感是否在抑郁与学业参与度之间起中介作用，以及 COVID-19 的心理影响是否对这种关系起调节作用。
本横断面研究通过互联网招募了来自中国 30 个省级行政区的 466 名大学生，使用既定量表测量抑郁、学业参与度、安全感和 COVID-19 的心理影响。采用自举法检验中介和调节效应。
抑郁与学业参与度呈负相关，安全感在其中起部分中介作用。此外，COVID-19 的心理影响对这一中介过程有调节作用。
本研究有助于制定相关策略，减轻突发公共卫生危机对学习产生的抑郁负面影响，促进大学生的心理健康。
