The Buffering Effect of Character Strengths on Depression

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 101-109
Author(s):  
Beatrice Lee ◽  
Cahit Kaya ◽  
Xiangli Chen ◽  
Jia-Rung Wu ◽  
Kanako Iwanaga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Character Strengths ◽  
Empirically Supported ◽  
High School To College ◽  
Transition From High School ◽  
Adjustment Issues ◽  
Negative Attributional Style

Abstract. The transition from high school to college can be very stressful for Turkish students because they may experience value conflicts and adjustment issues, which can trigger the development of mental health problems. Character strengths can serve as a buffer against psychopathology. The aim of the study was to examine perceived stress and negative attributional style as mediating factors between character strengths and depression among Turkish college students. Bootstrap testing approach was implemented to compute direct and indirect effects and total effect in the mediation analysis. Altogether 235 students from two Turkish universities participated in the study. The results showed that character strengths were associated with lower levels of depression and it was negatively associated with perceived stress and negative attributional style. The results also indicated that perceived stress and negative attribution style completely mediated the relationship between character strengths and depression among Turkish college students. These findings suggested the need to develop empirically supported interventions that can promote character strengths toward reducing stress, negative attributions, and depression in this population.

scholarly journals Perceived Stress of Cypriot College Students During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Panteli ◽  
Potheini Vaiouli ◽  
Chrysanthi Leonidou ◽  
Georgia Panayiotou
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Perceived Support ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Background: Increased perceived stress is associated with physical and mental health problems. However, little is known about the social factors that influenced perceived stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we examined the relationship between social skills, perceived support from family and friends, and perceived stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, through a two-wave design. Methods: A group of 106 college students completed measures of social skills during the prepandemic period as well as of perceived social support and perceived stress 1 month into the implementation of the first lockdown in Cyprus. Results: Preexisting social skills and concurrent family support the predicted negatively perceived stress during the lockdown. Although several aspects of social skills were correlated negatively with perceived stress, only the ability to manage interpersonal conflicts and to effectively resolve disagreements negatively predicted perceived stress, suggesting that this skill may constitute a protective factor against perceived stress during stressful events. Perceived support during the pandemic, on the other hand, was not overall significantly predicted by one’s social skills. Conclusions: Our study provides preliminary evidence about the relationship between interpersonal skills and perceived stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interventions targeting the development of conflict resolution skills seem to be promising in ameliorating the psychological stress associated with the pandemic.

Relationship among fatigue, perceived stress, neurocognitive functions, and learning challenges in college students

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Palmer ◽  
Peter Economou ◽  
Jodi Huntington ◽  
Daniel Cruz ◽  
Sharon Melisse McLennnon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Neurocognitive Functions ◽  
Learning Challenges

Perceived stress and suicidal behaviors in college students: Conditional indirect effects of depressive symptoms and mental health stigma.

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jameson K. Hirsch ◽  
Jessica Kelliher Rabon ◽  
Esther E. Reynolds ◽  
Alison L. Barton ◽  
Edward C. Chang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Mental Health Stigma ◽  
Suicidal Behaviors ◽  
Conditional Indirect Effects

The Influence of College Students’ Character Strengths on the Recovery Experience from the Perspective of Strengths Use

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-30
Author(s):  
Yuan Yue ◽  
Liu Huiyue ◽  
Yang Cui ◽  
Yu Xuan ◽  
Chang Jing
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Character Strengths ◽  
Strengths Use

scholarly journals Perceived Stress and Cyberloafing among College Students: The Mediating Roles of Fatigue and Negative Coping Styles

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4468
Author(s):  
Yan Chen ◽  
Hong Chen ◽  
Frank Andrasik ◽  
Chuanhua Gu
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Negative Coping ◽  
Stress Fatigue

Cyberloafing has increasingly attracted the attention of scholars because of the widespread use of digital devices in educational environments. This research was conducted to investigate the roles of fatigue and negative coping styles in mediating the relationship between perceived stress and cyberloafing. A total of 730 undergraduates (reduced to 716 due to incomplete data) completed self-report questionnaires measuring perceived stress, fatigue, negative coping styles, and cyberloafing. Perceived stress was shown to be a significant predictor of cyberloafing. Furthermore, negative coping styles played a unique mediating role and fatigue and negative coping styles exerted a sequential mediating effect on the association between perceived stress and cyberloafing. We envision the findings as being helpful in guiding educators develop interventions for minimizing cyberloafing by college students and its disrupting effects.

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