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Does Low Self-Esteem Predict Anxiety Among Chinese College Students?

PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal relationship between anxiety and self-esteem among college students. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: A total of 2473 Chinese college students were tracked, with their anxiety and self-esteem levels collected annually over the four academic years. T...

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Autores principales: Liu, Xinqiao, Cao, Xiaojie, Gao, Wenjuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9199909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35719193
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S361807
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description PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal relationship between anxiety and self-esteem among college students. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: A total of 2473 Chinese college students were tracked, with their anxiety and self-esteem levels collected annually over the four academic years. The study employed a four-wave random intercept cross-lagged panel model to examine the prospective relationship between anxiety and self-esteem. RESULTS: The anxiety levels were negatively associated with self-esteem over campus life. Results of the four-wave cross-lagged panel model revealed that low self-esteem maintained having subsequent negative impacts on students’ anxiety levels, while the effects became progressively stronger over the four academic years. Meanwhile, no significant prospective effects were identified of anxiety levels on self-esteem. CONCLUSION: The study confirmed self-esteem as one of the leading contributors to anxiety for college students and emphasized the importance of nourishing the self-esteem of students to alleviate their anxiety issues and improve their mental health at college.
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spelling pubmed-91999092022-06-16 Does Low Self-Esteem Predict Anxiety Among Chinese College Students? Liu, Xinqiao Cao, Xiaojie Gao, Wenjuan Psychol Res Behav Manag Original Research PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal relationship between anxiety and self-esteem among college students. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: A total of 2473 Chinese college students were tracked, with their anxiety and self-esteem levels collected annually over the four academic years. The study employed a four-wave random intercept cross-lagged panel model to examine the prospective relationship between anxiety and self-esteem. RESULTS: The anxiety levels were negatively associated with self-esteem over campus life. Results of the four-wave cross-lagged panel model revealed that low self-esteem maintained having subsequent negative impacts on students’ anxiety levels, while the effects became progressively stronger over the four academic years. Meanwhile, no significant prospective effects were identified of anxiety levels on self-esteem. CONCLUSION: The study confirmed self-esteem as one of the leading contributors to anxiety for college students and emphasized the importance of nourishing the self-esteem of students to alleviate their anxiety issues and improve their mental health at college. Dove 2022-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9199909/ /pubmed/35719193 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S361807 Text en © 2022 Liu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Does Low Self-Esteem Predict Anxiety Among Chinese College Students?
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title_full_unstemmed Does Low Self-Esteem Predict Anxiety Among Chinese College Students?
title_short Does Low Self-Esteem Predict Anxiety Among Chinese College Students?
title_sort does low self-esteem predict anxiety among chinese college students?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9199909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35719193
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S361807
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