Hygiene and Preventive Medicine
The relationship between resilience and psychological distress of left-behind female college students: the mediating role of cognitive reappraisal and the moderating role of stress perception
Huang Yu, Zhang Luoyi, Dai Yan
Published 2023-09-20
Cite as Chin J Behav Med & Brain Sci, 2023, 32(9): 846-852. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20221212-00750
Abstract
ObjectiveTo explore the relationship between resilience and psychological distress among female college students with left-behind experience, and the role of cognitive reappraisal and stress perception in it.
MethodsFrom May to June 2020, a total of 4 008 female college students with experience of being left-behind were sampled by the whole group sampling method. All participants were evaluated by the Connor-Davidson resilience scale, the cognitive reappraisal scale of the emotion regulation questionnaire, the stress perception scale-10 and Kessler psychological distress scale. The PROCESS macro program of SPSS 25.0 was used to test the mediating effect of cognitive reappraisal and the moderating effect of stress perception.
Results(1) The measure of psychological distress showed that the detection rate was 13.46% for male college students with left-behind experience, 12.93% for male college students without left-behind experience, and 11.40% for female college students with left-behind experience and 9.26% for female college students without left-behind experience.(2) The scores of cognitive reappraisal, stress perception and psychological distress for female college students with left-behind experience were significantly different in terms of grade level (F= 3.52, 3.54, 3.49, all P<0.05). (3) Resilience(58.39±13.64) showed a significant positive correlation with cognitive reappraisal(31.28±5.09) (r=0.51, P<0.001) and a significant negative correlation with stress perception(16.42±5.49)and psychological distress(21.62±7.76)(r=-0.41, -0.30, both P<0.001). Cognitive reappraisal showed a significant negative correlation with stress perception and psychological distress (r=-0.33, -0.27, both P<0.001). Psychological distress showed a significant positive correlation with stress perception (r=0.67, P<0.001). (4)Stress perception played a moderating role between cognitive reappraisal and psychological distress. The effect of cognitive reappraisal on psychological distress was not significant under low levels of stress perception( βsimple=-0.01, P=0.52). Under high levels of stress perception, cognitive reappraisal had a significant negative effect on psychological distress(βsimple=-0.08, P<0.001).
ConclusionResilience of female college students with left-behind experiences can directly affect psychological distress or indirectly through cognitive reappraisal, and this mediating model is moderated by stress perception.
Key words:
Left-behind experience; Resilience; Cognitive reappraisal; Stress perception; Psychological distress
Contributor Information
Huang Yu
Mental Health Education Center, Chengdu Normal University, Chengdu 611130, China
Zhang Luoyi
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, City University of Macau, Macau 999078, China
Dai Yan
School of Psychology, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, china