Problem-Solving Appraisal As a Mediator Among Perfectionism, Career Indecision, and Psychological Stress in Chinese College Students Sample

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Tian ◽  
Kenneth T. Wang ◽  
Zhi-Jin Hou ◽  
Reid H. Trotter
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Career Indecision ◽  
Chinese College Students

Validation of the Dutch Test of Conflict Handling in Chinese College Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Yingshan Bao ◽  
Fangwei Zhu ◽  
Yue Hu ◽  
Ning Cui ◽  
Yuan Gu
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Valid Instrument ◽  
Conflict Handling

There are limitations in existing conflict management instruments used in China. Therefore, we translated the Dutch Test of Conflict Handling (DUTCH), and then examined the reliability and validity of this Chinese Revised version (DUTCH-CR). Participants were 2,035 college students at 4 universities in China. We conducted exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis on data from questionnaires completed by the participants. Our findings show that the DUTCH-CR is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring the handling of conflicts between Chinese college students. Further, we found that 4 conflict-handling styles are more suitable for Chinese college students. This was achieved by merging the problem-solving and compromising factors into a collaborating one, and retaining the yielding, avoiding, and forcing factors of the original DUTCH instrument.

The Influence of College Students' Coping Styles on Perceived Self-Efficacy in Managing Inferiority

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 949-957 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changxiu Shi ◽  
Xiaojun Zhao
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
General Self Efficacy

We examined the influence of college students' coping styles on perceived self-efficacy, through the mediating effect of general self-efficacy, in managing inferiority. A sample of 206 college students completed a Coping Style Questionnaire, the Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale of Chinese college students, and a general self-efficacy scale. The results showed the following: (a) there were significant correlations among the problem solving, self-blame, and fantasy coping styles, and general self-efficacy and perceived self-efficacy in managing inferiority; (b) the problem solving and self-blame coping styles indirectly predicted perceived self-efficacy in managing inferiority by general self-efficacy, and general self-efficacy played a partial mediating role between the problem solving and self-blame coping styles and perceived self-efficacy in managing inferiority; and (c) gender played a moderating role between coping style and perceived self-efficacy in managing inferiority. The results are important for counseling to enhance regulatory emotional self-efficacy.

scholarly journals No association of COMT with insight problem solving in Chinese college students

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e6755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolei Yang ◽  
Jinghuan Zhang ◽  
Shun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Genetic Basis ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Insight Problem ◽  
Dependent Effect ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Methyltransferase Gene ◽  
Insight Problem Solving

Genes involved in dopamine (DA) neurotransmission, such as the catechol-O-methyltransferase gene (COMT), have been suggested as key genetic candidates that might underlie the genetic basis of insight. In a sample of Chinese college students, this study examined whether COMT was associated with individual differences in the ability to solve classic insight problems. The results demonstrated that COMT was not associated with insight problem solving and there was no gender-dependent effect. This study, together with previous studies, raises the possibility of a complex relationship between COMT and insight problem solving.

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