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The mediating effect of resilience on mental health literacy and positive coping style among Chinese empty nesters: A cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVES: Empty nesters in China have limited mental health literacy (MHL), which may lead to poorer health outcomes. Studies demonstrate that MHL is associated with both resilience and positive coping style. However, the potential mechanism of MHL, resilience and positive coping style remain uncl...

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Autores principales: Song, Li, Wang, Yujie, Zhang, Qinghua, Yin, Jinyu, Gan, Wei, Shang, Siyi, Qi, Lingxia, Chen, Shengguang, Liu, Tongtong
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9905816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36760438
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1093446
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author Song, Li
Wang, Yujie
Zhang, Qinghua
Yin, Jinyu
Gan, Wei
Shang, Siyi
Qi, Lingxia
Chen, Shengguang
Liu, Tongtong
author_facet Song, Li
Wang, Yujie
Zhang, Qinghua
Yin, Jinyu
Gan, Wei
Shang, Siyi
Qi, Lingxia
Chen, Shengguang
Liu, Tongtong
author_sort Song, Li
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description OBJECTIVES: Empty nesters in China have limited mental health literacy (MHL), which may lead to poorer health outcomes. Studies demonstrate that MHL is associated with both resilience and positive coping style. However, the potential mechanism of MHL, resilience and positive coping style remain unclear. Therefore, the study aims to investigate the possible mediating role of resilience in the relationship between MHL and positive coping style. METHOD: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 363 empty nesters from Huzhou, China were surveyed in 2022. The Chinese version of Mental Health Literacy Scale (C-MHLS), the Chinese version of 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10) and the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ-19) were used to assess MHL, resilience, and positive coping style, respectively. RESULTS: Positive coping style was significantly correlated with MHL and resilience, and MHL was positively correlated with resilience (p < 0.01). MHL can significantly and positively predict the positive coping style, and resilience played a partial intermediary role between MHL and positive coping style, with the intermediary effect of 77.36%. CONCLUSION: This study indicates that MHL not only directly affected positive coping style, but also indirectly influences positive coping style by increasing the resilience of empty nesters. The results provide an empirical evidence for the development of intervention programs to improve positive coping style directly and indirectly. Consequently, community health servicers should take targeted measures which focus on MHL and resilience as breakthrough points to stimulate positive coping style of empty nesters, and ultimately achieve their overall well-being.
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spelling pubmed-99058162023-02-08 The mediating effect of resilience on mental health literacy and positive coping style among Chinese empty nesters: A cross-sectional study Song, Li Wang, Yujie Zhang, Qinghua Yin, Jinyu Gan, Wei Shang, Siyi Qi, Lingxia Chen, Shengguang Liu, Tongtong Front Psychol Psychology OBJECTIVES: Empty nesters in China have limited mental health literacy (MHL), which may lead to poorer health outcomes. Studies demonstrate that MHL is associated with both resilience and positive coping style. However, the potential mechanism of MHL, resilience and positive coping style remain unclear. Therefore, the study aims to investigate the possible mediating role of resilience in the relationship between MHL and positive coping style. METHOD: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 363 empty nesters from Huzhou, China were surveyed in 2022. The Chinese version of Mental Health Literacy Scale (C-MHLS), the Chinese version of 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10) and the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ-19) were used to assess MHL, resilience, and positive coping style, respectively. RESULTS: Positive coping style was significantly correlated with MHL and resilience, and MHL was positively correlated with resilience (p < 0.01). MHL can significantly and positively predict the positive coping style, and resilience played a partial intermediary role between MHL and positive coping style, with the intermediary effect of 77.36%. CONCLUSION: This study indicates that MHL not only directly affected positive coping style, but also indirectly influences positive coping style by increasing the resilience of empty nesters. The results provide an empirical evidence for the development of intervention programs to improve positive coping style directly and indirectly. Consequently, community health servicers should take targeted measures which focus on MHL and resilience as breakthrough points to stimulate positive coping style of empty nesters, and ultimately achieve their overall well-being. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9905816/ /pubmed/36760438 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1093446 Text en Copyright © 2023 Song, Wang, Zhang, Yin, Gan, Shang, Qi, Chen and Liu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychology
Song, Li
Wang, Yujie
Zhang, Qinghua
Yin, Jinyu
Gan, Wei
Shang, Siyi
Qi, Lingxia
Chen, Shengguang
Liu, Tongtong
The mediating effect of resilience on mental health literacy and positive coping style among Chinese empty nesters: A cross-sectional study
title The mediating effect of resilience on mental health literacy and positive coping style among Chinese empty nesters: A cross-sectional study
title_full The mediating effect of resilience on mental health literacy and positive coping style among Chinese empty nesters: A cross-sectional study
title_fullStr The mediating effect of resilience on mental health literacy and positive coping style among Chinese empty nesters: A cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed The mediating effect of resilience on mental health literacy and positive coping style among Chinese empty nesters: A cross-sectional study
title_short The mediating effect of resilience on mental health literacy and positive coping style among Chinese empty nesters: A cross-sectional study
title_sort mediating effect of resilience on mental health literacy and positive coping style among chinese empty nesters: a cross-sectional study
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9905816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36760438
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1093446
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