Zhu Chunyue, Peng Lin, Li Shuo
School of Marxism, Chuzhou University, Chuzhou, China.
School of Economics and Management, Chuzhou University, Chuzhou, China.
Front Public Health. 2025 Jul 7;13:1556096. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1556096. eCollection 2025.
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted mental health worldwide, particularly within campus environments, where it has heightened issues such as anxiety, depression, and stress. Despite the increasing recognition of these challenges, the role of psychological resilience-defined as personal and external support resources that aid in coping-remains underexplored in relation to mental health outcomes. To address this gap, the present study investigates the relationships between subjective well-being, psychological resilience, and mental health symptoms, measured using the DASS-21 (Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale), 3 years after the pandemic's onset. In a cross-sectional survey of Chinese college students ( = 291), we utilized the DASS-21 and the Psychological Resilience Scale, along with multivariate linear regression modeling, to examine these relationships. The results indicated that both personal resilience factors and external support had significant effects on students' subjective well-being. Specifically, emotional regulation, interpersonal support, and family backing had direct positive effects on well-being and indirectly enhanced happiness by reducing anxiety. Notably, goal orientation influenced well-being indirectly by moderating anxiety. Moreover, positive cognitive patterns exhibited a multifaceted impact on subjective well-being, affecting it through both direct and indirect pathways, particularly by reducing anxiety and depression. While anxiety played a central mediating role in these pathways, stress was also found to be a significant predictor of subjective well-being. These findings emphasize the critical importance of psychological resilience and underscore the multidimensional role of the DASS-21 in assessing university students' mental health. The study offers a theoretical foundation for the development of sustainable mental health interventions tailored to the needs of students in the aftermath of global crises.
新冠疫情对全球心理健康产生了深远影响，尤其是在校园环境中，加剧了焦虑、抑郁和压力等问题。尽管人们越来越认识到这些挑战，但心理韧性（定义为有助于应对的个人和外部支持资源）在心理健康结果方面的作用仍未得到充分探索。为了填补这一空白，本研究调查了疫情爆发三年后，使用DASS-21（抑郁、焦虑和压力量表）测量的主观幸福感、心理韧性和心理健康症状之间的关系。在对中国大学生（n = 291）的横断面调查中，我们使用了DASS-21和心理韧性量表，以及多元线性回归模型来检验这些关系。结果表明，个人韧性因素和外部支持对学生的主观幸福感都有显著影响。具体而言，情绪调节、人际支持和家庭支持对幸福感有直接的积极影响，并通过减少焦虑间接增强幸福感。值得注意的是，目标导向通过调节焦虑间接影响幸福感。此外，积极的认知模式对主观幸福感有多方面的影响，通过直接和间接途径影响幸福感，特别是通过减少焦虑和抑郁。虽然焦虑在这些途径中起着核心中介作用，但压力也被发现是主观幸福感的重要预测因素。这些发现强调了心理韧性的至关重要性，并强调了DASS-21在评估大学生心理健康方面的多维作用。该研究为制定适应全球危机后学生需求的可持续心理健康干预措施提供了理论基础。
