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The Influence of Life Events on Mental Health of Chinese College Students

Authors
Yingshan Bao, Fangwei Zhu, Yue Hu
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Yingshan Bao
Available Online April 2017.
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10.2991/emehss-17.2017.9How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Self-Efficacy; Life Events; Mental Health; Mediator Effects.
Abstract

Objective: This research aims to explore the relationship between Chinese college students' life events, self-efficacy and mental health. Methods: 524 undergraduates were measured with Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Questionnaire (ASLEC), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), and Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90). Results: Correlation analysis shows significant negative correlation between life events and self-efficacy; life events have a significant negative correlation with mental health, and self-efficacy has a significant positive correlation. Analysis of variance shows low self-efficacy students scored higher than students of high self-efficacy group in life events such as interpersonal relationship, course study pressure, penalty and loss; high self-efficacy students scored higher in the somatization of mental health, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, paranoia, psychosis and other mental health problem. With the mediator effects analysis, self-efficacy is a partial mediator variable between life events and mental health. Conclusion: Life events can predict the mental health of college students both directly and indirectly through its impact on self-efficacy, thus, self-efficacy can be used to intervened college students' mental health.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Economics and Management, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences (EMEHSS 2017)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
April 2017
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10.2991/emehss-17.2017.9
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2352-5398
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10.2991/emehss-17.2017.9How to use a DOI?
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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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