The Impact of Different Coping Styles on Psychological Distress during the COVID-19: The Mediating Role of Perceived Stress

The present study aimed to understand the impact of different coping methods endorsed by Chinese college students during COVID-19 through the examination of the mediating role of perceived stress. We recruited a total of 492 undergraduate students to complete an online survey from May to June 2020....

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Autores principales: Ding, Yi, Fu, Xinchen, Liu, Rude, Hwang, Jacqueline, Hong, Wei, Wang, Jia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8535725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682693
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010947
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author Ding, Yi
Fu, Xinchen
Liu, Rude
Hwang, Jacqueline
Hong, Wei
Wang, Jia
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description The present study aimed to understand the impact of different coping methods endorsed by Chinese college students during COVID-19 through the examination of the mediating role of perceived stress. We recruited a total of 492 undergraduate students to complete an online survey from May to June 2020. The results of structural equation modeling indicated that perceived stress was a significant mediator in the association between different coping styles and psychological distress. Three coping styles, including problem-focused, adaptive emotion-focused, and maladaptive emotion-focused coping styles were all significantly correlated with psychological distress. Perceived stress significantly mediated the association between the three coping styles and psychological distress. The results indicated a full mediation model in which problem-focused coping and adaptive emotion-focused coping affected psychological distress entirely through the mediation of perceived stress. Maladaptive emotion-focused coping positively predicted perceived stress, which in turn positively predicted psychological distress through a partial mediation model. We discuss the implications of these findings and offer suggestions for future research.
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spelling pubmed-85357252021-10-23 The Impact of Different Coping Styles on Psychological Distress during the COVID-19: The Mediating Role of Perceived Stress Ding, Yi Fu, Xinchen Liu, Rude Hwang, Jacqueline Hong, Wei Wang, Jia Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The present study aimed to understand the impact of different coping methods endorsed by Chinese college students during COVID-19 through the examination of the mediating role of perceived stress. We recruited a total of 492 undergraduate students to complete an online survey from May to June 2020. The results of structural equation modeling indicated that perceived stress was a significant mediator in the association between different coping styles and psychological distress. Three coping styles, including problem-focused, adaptive emotion-focused, and maladaptive emotion-focused coping styles were all significantly correlated with psychological distress. Perceived stress significantly mediated the association between the three coping styles and psychological distress. The results indicated a full mediation model in which problem-focused coping and adaptive emotion-focused coping affected psychological distress entirely through the mediation of perceived stress. Maladaptive emotion-focused coping positively predicted perceived stress, which in turn positively predicted psychological distress through a partial mediation model. We discuss the implications of these findings and offer suggestions for future research. MDPI 2021-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8535725/ /pubmed/34682693 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010947 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ding, Yi
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The Impact of Different Coping Styles on Psychological Distress during the COVID-19: The Mediating Role of Perceived Stress
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title_short The Impact of Different Coping Styles on Psychological Distress during the COVID-19: The Mediating Role of Perceived Stress
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8535725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682693
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010947
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