Linking Perceived Risk of Public Health Emergency to Psychological Distress among Chinese College Students: The Chain Mediation Role of Balanced Time Perspective and Negative Coping Styles

Background:With public health emergencies(PHE)worldwide increasing,the perceived risk of PHE has been one of the critical factors influencing college students’psychological distress.However,the mechanisms by which the perceived risk of PHE affects college students’psychological distress are not clear.The study’s purpose was to investigate the mediation roles of deviation from a balanced time perspective(DBTP)and negative coping styles between the perceived risk of PHE and psychological distress.Methods:A convenience sampling method was used to survey 1054 Chinese college students with self-reporting.Data was collected using the Public Risk Perception Scale(PRPS),the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory(ZTPI),the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire(SCSQ),the PHE Anxiety Scale,and the Chinese version of the Patient Health Questionnaire(PHQ).The associations between the perceived risk of PHE,DBTP,negative coping styles,and psychological distress were clarified using the correlation analysis.Additionally,the mediating roles of DBTP and negative coping styles between the perceived risk of PHE and psychological distress were investigated using a structural equation model.Results:The findings revealed low to moderate correlations between the variables studied.Students’perceived risk of PHE was a positive predictor of their psychological distress(b=0.219,p<0.01).DBTP and negative coping styles played chain mediation roles between them with the effect being 0.009 and a 95%Boot CI of[0.003,0.023].This chain mediation model had an excellent fit index(χ^(2)/df=4.732,CFI=0.973,TLI=0.930,RMSEA=0.048,SRMR=0.047).Conclusion:These findings showed how the perceived risk of PHE affected college students’psychological distress.Specifically,these results suggested that improving students’mental ability to switch effectively among different time perspectives depending on task features and situational considerations and reducing their negative coping styles might be effective ways to promote their mental health.

A Study on the Impact of Cheerleading on the Psychological Health of Female College Students

This study investigates the effects of technical cheerleading and dance cheerleading on the psychological health of female college students by utilizing the Symptom Checklist-90(SCL-90),the Comprehensive Diagnostic Scale for Interpersonal Relationships,and the Social Adaptability Diagnostic Scale.The findings indicate the following:(1)Technical cheerleading has a highly significant impact on sensitivity in interpersonal relationships,paranoia,and psychoticism,and a significant effect on anxiety and hostility;dance cheerleading has a highly significant effect on paranoia;(2)Both technical and dance cheerleading have minimal impact on the overall score distribution of interpersonal relationships among female college students,but the dimensions of their effects differ;(3)The impact of technical cheerleading on the social adaptability of female college students is more pronounced than that of dance cheerleading.

Psychological Study on the Influence of Physical Exercise on College Students’ Anxiety

This study aims to explore the impact of physical exercise on the anxiety level of college students.We collected physical exercise data and anxiety self-assessment results from college students of different grades,genders,and ages from multiple universities in Guangdong Province through a questionnaire survey.The study used standardized scales to evaluate participants’physical exercise types,frequencies,intensities,and anxiety levels.The data analysis results showed that there is a significant negative correlation between college students’physical exercise and anxiety level,that is,the more frequent and intense the physical exercise,the lower the anxiety level.In addition,there are differences in the effect of different types of physical exercises on anxiety relief,with aerobic exercises such as running and swimming showing more significant anxiety-relieving effects.The research results provide valuable references for psychological health education and anxiety intervention strategies in universities and suggest promoting physical exercise to effectively alleviate college students’anxiety.

The Relationship between Psychological Suzhi and Mental Health among Chinese College Students

Object: To explore the relationship between psychological suzhi and mental health among Chinese college students, and to gain psychological suzhi factors that are predictors for mental health. Method: By using stratified sampling method, an investigation was conducted among 734 subjects. They were assessed with the College Student Psychological Suzhi Scale (CSPS, including 3 subscales, 28 factors) and General Health Questionnaire-20 item (GHQ-20, including 3 subscales). Results: 1) Psychological suzhi score for Chinese college students had negative correlation with the score of GHQ-20, GHQ-depression and GHQ-anxiety (p < 0.001), and positive correlation with the score of GHQ-self-affirmation (p < 0.001);2) Psychological suzhi score for Chinese college students was predictor of the score for GHQ-20 and its subscales namely GHQ-self-affirmation, GHQ-depression, and GHQ-anxiety (β = ?0.448, 0.439, ?0.262, ?0.259, p < 0.001);the variance explained by the score of GHQ-20 and its subscales were 19.9%, 19.1%, 6.7%, 6.5%;3) There were 12 psychological suzhi factors that were predictors for GHQ-self-affirmation which was known as the positive indicator of mental health (p < 0.05);11 psychological suzhi factors were predictors for GHQ-depression and GHQ-anxiety which was known as the negative indicator of mental health (p < 0.05). Conclusion: There exists a correlation between psychological suzhi and mental health, particularly in positive mental health. Indeed, the psychological suzhi factors are able to enhance the pertinence of mental health education.

Chinese College Students Seeking Psychological Help From Professionals^Rationally Should but Emotionally not？

The purpose of the present research was to investigate the predictors to Chinese college students seeking psychological help from professionals. By surveying 1,408 Chinese college students at five universities in China's Mainland, the results showed that among the factors examined, problem severity and help-seeking attitudes directly predicted help-seeking intention, while gender and subjective norms had a significant effect on college students＇ professional psychological help-seeking intention through help-seeking attitudes. Overall, the model explained 25% and 38.0% （for half-1 and half-2 data sets, respectively） of the variances of help-seeking intention. The results indicated that mainland Chinese college students rationally knew that they should choose to seek such professional help when the problem got severer enough, although they were emotionally reluctant to seek professional psychological help due to negative subjective norms around them. The implications and limitations were discussed.

A Pilot Study of the Impact of Stimulant Pharmacotherapy in College Students with ADHD on Alexithymia and Psychological Mindedness

Objective: Alexithymia is increasingly recognized in a number of psychiatric disorders, but a possible relationship between alexithymia and adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has not been studied. It is not known if psychostimulants decrease symptoms of both ADHD and alexithymia. This relationship is examined in a small naturalistic and longitudinal study. Participants: Ten consecutive stimulant-naive college students seek assessment and treatment for ADHD during the academic year. Method: Participants completed three self-report instruments quantifying ADHD symptomatology, alexithymia, and psychological mindedness prior to initiation of stimulant pharmacotherapy and after three and six months of medication treatment without formal psychotherapy. Results: ADHD symptoms decreased significantly from baseline to three months and remained low at six months. Decreases in alexithymia and increases in psychological mindedness changed more slowly, with significant differences occurring at six months compared to baseline. Conclusions: This study suggests that stimulant pharmacotherapy in college students with ADHD decreases ADHD symptoms and alexithymia while increasing psychological mindedness. These results have implications for untreated adult ADHD patients seeking psychotherapy.

New Characteristics of College Students'Ideological Dynamics and Innovation of Ideological and Political Education Methods based on Psychological Education

Under the influence of social environment,the ideological dynamics of college students have tremendously changed.Among them,the biggest change is that the psychological reception mechanism is very different from the level of self-cognition.Since the report of the 17^(th) National Congress of the Commmist Party of China,the state has formed an agenda to strengthen the ideological and political education in colleges and universities,among which,it is important to reinforce humanistic care and psychological counseling.Mental health education is inextricably linked to the ideological and political education in colleges and universities.Therefore,this article begins in the perspective of psychological education,analyzes the ideological dynamic characteristics of college students,summarizes effective principles and important measures of ideological and political education innovation methods in order to maximize the constructive role of ideological and political education.

Solutions to Rural College Students' Psychological Plight in Career Choice Based on Social Learning Theory:A Case Study of Northwest A&F University

The rural college students are facing psychological plight in their career choice.The social learning theory can use the triadic theory of learning to set reasonable career choice goals,the observational learning theory can be employed to establish a correct outlook on career choice,and the self-efficacy theory can be adopted to make up for the deficiencies in career choice.

The Application of HTP Projection Test in the Psychological Survey of Tibetan and Han College Students

The projective test is not only helpful to find the potential psychological crisis,but also to overcome the language barrier and make up for the deficiency of the questionnaire test to a certain extent.In this study,403 college students(205 Tibetan students and 198 Han students)from a national college were selected to test their mental health with Symptom Checklist-90(SCL-90)and House-Tree-Person test(HTP).By comparing the results of questionnaire test and drawing projection test,it is found that SCL-90 and HTP test are significantly related to the positive screening results of four factors:Somatization,Depression,Anxiety and Phobic Anxiety.Both HTP test and SCL-90 test results show that the scores of Somatization,Depression,Anxiety and Phobic Anxiety of Tibetan and Han college students were significantly different;the scores of Anxiety and Phobic Anxiety of different gender college students were significantly different.Using HTP test as a supplementary test of questionnaire test can effectively improve the accuracy of screening.

Research on Psychological Health Education of College Students Based on Positive Psychology Theory

In recent years, more and more attention has been paid to the mental health of College students. Whether it is the increasing pressure of social employment or the negative thoughts spread in society, it has caused some negative psychological effects on College students. As an important theory of psychological research and application, positive psychology plays an important role in promoting college students' mental health education. Based on the theory of positive psychology, this paper analyzes the current situation of college students' mental health and college students' mental health education, and discusses the importance of implementing positive psychology theory in college students' mental health education. This paper puts forward a conception for constructing a new type of college students' mental health education model based on positive psychology, which has certain reference and reference for the promotion and development of college students' mental health education.

Study of contemporary college students＇ psychological characteristics

With the progress of the society and the development of economy, our countries have made a stronger demand for talents cultivation. The talents should qualified with strong professional ability as well as good psychological quality to adapt to the growing challenges, College students, a new generation of young people shouldering the historical mission and the important responsibility of the country, are under the great pressure from family, school and society. All of these will aggravate their negative psychological emotions with the formation of complicated personality, which not only go against the growth of young talent, but also drive hidden troubles to the stability and harmony of the social. Plunging into the students＇ life and deeply analyzing their psychological characteristics with timely manners of solving psychological problems will accelerate the ideological and political education and promote talents cultivation with more modem intellectuals for our country.

Network Group Psychological Education of College Students

Based on the perspective of psychology,this paper analyzes the causes and characteristics of college students’network mass incidents,explores the psychological factors of college students’network mass incidents,and puts forward the educational strategies to solve college students’network mass incidents:(1)Adhere to humanism and take appeals as the center;(2)To improve the campus network public opinion guidance mechanism under the guidance of relevant social cognition theories;(3)Strengthen communication and improve communication skills;(4)Promote information disclosure and transparency,and eliminate uncertainty and ambiguity.

Network Group Psychological Education of College Students

Based on the perspective of psychology,this paper analyzes the causes and characteristics of college students’network mass incidents,explores the psychological factors of college students’network mass incidents,and puts forward the educational strategies to solve college students’network mass incidents:No.1.Adhere to humanism and take appeals as the center;No.2.To improve the campus network public opinion guidance mechanism under the guidance of relevant social cognition theories;No.3.Strengthen communication and improve communication skills;No.4.Promote information disclosure and transparency,and eliminate uncertainty and ambiguity.

Superficial Inquiry on the Mechanism of Psychological Health Education of College Students under the Background of Anti Epidemic

Psychological health education has been highly valued by the party and the state.During the fight against the COVID-19,colleges and universities have made a beneficial exploration in carrying out psychological health education.In older to further understand the impact of the epidemic on the psychological health of college students,a survey was carried out based on questionnaire survey,depth interview and expert consultation.The survey found that the epidemic increased the psychological pressure and posed new challenges to the psychological health education in colleges and universities.Based on the analysis of the causes from the four aspects of society,family,college and individual,this thesis put forwards some suggestions on how to effectively carry out the psychological health education of college students in the context of fighting against the epidemic.

Study of the Psychological Problems of College Students

Good psychological quality is an integral part of the overall quality of the contemporary college students, which is also an important foundation for their healthy growth and success. However, according to the investigation, in reality, many college students have various degrees of psychological problems, seriously affecting their normal learning and living. This article makes an in-depth discussion based on the analysis of contemporary college students＇ psychological quality system; in order to strengthen the mental health education and improve the students＇ adaptability.

Discussion of the mode of the management in the college students from the perspective of the counselors - the psychological contract

In the colleges and universities, the relationship between the instructors and the students is very close. The counselors carry out the scientific and reasonable management on the life and learning of the students, and the students meet with the problems in their life and learning and exchange and communicate timely with the counselors, which is the process to realize the functions of the counselors. Then the management of the instructors built on the psychological contract is the more perfect, comprehensive, and scientific management mode. This kind of the management mode is not only very conducive to the development of the students, but also conducive to the interaction and communication between the counselors and the students. In a relaxed and harmonious atmosphere, the student＇s development will be more healthy and positive. This paper elaborates and analyzes several aspects in view of the management of the psychological contract of the university counselors.

Internet Addiction of College Students from the Psychological Perspective

With the rapid development of network, the phenomenon of Internet addiction is prevalent on campuses, which has produced a variety of negative effects on college students in terms of learning, living, working and so on. In recent years, there are many research literatures on Internet addiction overseas, covering all aspects of this psychological phenomenon. Moreover, domestic research on Internet addiction started late. In the light of the fact that college students do not have clear understanding on hazards of Interact addiction, it generally shows their self- control is poor. They do not believe they can control their behavior and results and give up taking responsibility for the results and tend to agree network identity. Based on this phenomenon, we propose the network psychological source control concept. In view of the close contact between the excessive use of the network and the individual time management, this study selected the time dimension of personality characteristics on Internet addiction as another influencing factor, and explored the integrated influence of the psychological source control to Internet addiction.

A Brief Discussion on the Causes and Countermeasures of College Students'Psychological Confusion and Mental Health Problems

College period is one of the most critical periods of one person’s life for it is an important period of establishing world concept,outlook on life and values.Various challenges and pressures have had a great impact on the mental health of college students.In that case,college students’psychological confusion and mental health problems occur frequently and the overall condition of college students’psychological problems is worrying.The mental health of college students has also attracted the attention of colleges and the society.Besides,the mental health education courses have been adopted to guide college students.This article aims to analyze the causes of college students’psychological confusion and mental health problems and also the obstacles or difficulties in solving them from the perspective of college students'cultivation of positive psychological quality and mental health education.And corresponding solutions from both the outside and personal perspectives.

Discussion on the Reform of English Teaching in Vocational College from the Psychological Perspective of Higher Vocational Students

In Vocational College,there are many factors that affect teaching effect,but the psychological factor is the important one.To make students to learn English well,we must first solve students' problems of psychology.The paper tries to stimulate students' interest and improve students' enthusiasm in learning English by adjusting teaching content and applying the flexible teaching methods.