Relationships among Chinese college students’ defensive pessimism, cultural values, and psychological health

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yujia Lei ◽  
Changming Duan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Defensive Pessimism ◽  
Chinese College Students

scholarly journals Associations between screen time, physical activity, and depressive symptoms during the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak among Chinese college students

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Xiaoyan Wu ◽  
Shuman Tao ◽  
Shiyue Li ◽  
Le Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
College Students ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Interactive Effect ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Chinese College Students

Abstract Background The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerges in China, which spreads rapidly and becomes a public health emergency of international concern. Chinese government has promptly taken quarantine measures to block the transmission of the COVID-19, which may cause deleterious consequences on everyone’s behaviors and psychological health. Few studies have examined the associations between behavioral and mental health in different endemic areas. This study aimed to describe screen time (ST), physical activity (PA), and depressive symptoms, as well as their associations among Chinese college students according to different epidemic areas. Methods The study design is cross-sectional using online survey, from 4 to 12 February 2020, 14,789 college students accomplished this online study, participants who did not complete the questionnaire were excluded, and finally this study included 11,787 college students from China. Results The average age of participants was 20.51 ± 1.88 years. 57.1% of the college students were male. In total, 25.9% of college students reported depression symptoms. ST > 4 h/day was positively correlated with depressive symptoms (β = 0.48, 95%CI 0.37–0.59). COVID-19ST > 1 h/day was positively correlated with depressive symptoms (β = 0.54, 95%CI 0.43–0.65), compared with COVID-19ST ≤ 0.5 h/day. Compared with PA ≥ 3 day/week, PA < 3 day/week was positively associated with depression symptoms (β = 0.01, 95%CI 0.008–0.012). Compared with low ST and high PA, there was an interaction association between high ST and low PA on depression (β = 0.31, 95%CI 0.26–0.36). Compared with low COVID-19ST and high PA, there was an interaction association between high COVID-19ST and low PA on depression (β = 0.37, 95%CI 0.32–0.43). There were also current residence areas differences. Conclusions Our findings identified that high ST or low PA was positively associated with depressive symptoms independently, and there was also an interactive effect between ST and PA on depressive symptoms.

Intercultural Computer-Mediated Communication Between Chinese and U.S. College Students

2011 ◽  
pp. 63-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Xia
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Ethnography Of Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Language Patterns ◽  
Chinese Cultural Values

This study incorporates the effects of culture and computer-mediated communication (CMC) in the investigation of Chinese college students’ use of English in communication with U. S. college students. Ethnography of communication was used as the method to uncover four language patterns in Chinese college students’ use of English: others-oriented talk, mentor-mentee talk with limited relationship development, adoption of others’ talk, and icebreaker talk. Chinese cultural values showed a strong effect on Chinese college students’ use of English in CMC. Chinese cultural values included Chinese significance of personal relationships, Chinese collectivism, Chinese understanding of authority, and Chinese use of CMC. The characteristics of CMC showed minimal effect as either a constraint or a way of encouragement in the four language patterns.

Intercultural Computer-Mediated Communication Between Chinese and U.S. College Students

2009 ◽  
pp. 1786-1800
Author(s):  
Yun Xia
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Ethnography Of Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Language Patterns ◽  
Chinese Cultural Values

This study incorporates the effects of culture and computer-mediated communication (CMC) in the investigation of Chinese college students’ use of English in communication with U. S. college students. Ethnography of communication was used as the method to uncover four language patterns in Chinese college students’ use of English: others-oriented talk, mentor-mentee talk with limited relationship development, adoption of others’ talk, and icebreaker talk. Chinese cultural values showed a strong effect on Chinese college students’ use of English in CMC. Chinese cultural values included Chinese significance of personal relationships, Chinese collectivism, Chinese understanding of authority, and Chinese use of CMC. The characteristics of CMC showed minimal effect as either a constraint or a way of encouragement in the four language patterns.

Cultural values in Chinese proverbs reported by Chinese college students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liping Weng ◽  
Yan Bing Zhang ◽  
Steve J. Kulich ◽  
Chengli Zuo
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Chinese College Students

scholarly journals A Study on the Effect of Personality Traits and Social Support on Psychological Health of Chinese College Students Based on Data Mining Technology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Wu ◽  
Huaqing Guo ◽  
Hongxia Li ◽  
Wenxiao Yang
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Effect Factors ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Intervention Measures ◽  
Social Support Scale ◽  
Health Related

Abstract Background With the continuous development of the society, the pace of life is accelerating, psychological health has become an important factor affecting people's quality of life. Domestic studies have shown that mental diseases have become an important cause of College Students' sick leave, withdrawal, addiction, crime and suicide. Personality traits and social support factors have been considered to be related to psychological health. Methods In this study, Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90), Eysenck Personality Questionaire (EPQ) and Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS) of some freshmen in 2020 were randomly selected from the psychological census database of a university in China as the research data. The decision tree algorithm was used to establish a predictive model for psychological health related personality straits and social support factors of college students. In association analysis, we got the most closely effect factors with psychological health or psychological abnormality by analyzing important association rules. According to the distance, all effect factors were classified into different clusters by system clustering, and the relationship between effect factors and mental health was further analyzed. Results Combining the results of the three algorithms, we found that social support and personality traits factors had a certain rule on the effect of college students' psychological health, and social support factors were more important than personality traits factors. Among the social support factors, the most important was family support, followed by friend support and other support. The higher the level of support of the three, the greater the possibility of psychological health. In the personality traits factors, the most important was N, followed by E, and P. The three grades were high or low, may lead to abnormal psychology, and the medium grade was an important condition to maintain psychological health. Conclusion The results provided important references for the analysis of the effect factors on psychological health and important theoretical basis for the formulation of psychological intervention measures for college students.

Psychological Problems of Chinese College Students under the Covid-19 Epidemic and the Countermeasures

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Wei Guo
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Real World ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Healthy Development ◽  
Physical Discomfort

<p>With the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, people's physical and mental health have suffered to varying degrees, especially for college students who are about to get out into the real world. Some students experienced various psychological and physical discomfort, including emotional fluctuations such as panic, doubts and anxiety and physical symptoms like fever. In response to this condition, it is necessary to take effective measures to maintain the normal social order, establish and perfect the psychological health education system for college students, release their psychological fluctuation, and promote their healthy development.</p>

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