The Impact of the Chinese Thinking Style of Relations on Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Coping Styles
Chinese people tend to view and analyze problems according to relations and holism, which can cause them to adopt positive coping strategies when facing difficulties, thus improving their mental health. This study verifies the relationship among relations as a dimension of the Chinese thinking style...
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| author | Wanhe Meng Minxuan Feng Huihui Yu Yubo Hou |
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| description | Chinese people tend to view and analyze problems according to relations and holism, which can cause them to adopt positive coping strategies when facing difficulties, thus improving their mental health. This study verifies the relationship among relations as a dimension of the Chinese thinking style, coping strategies, and mental health through three research studies. Study 1 preliminarily examines a significant, positive correlation between Chinese relational thinking and mental health through questionnaire surveys. Study 2 primes Chinese relational thinking and explores its relationship with coping strategies. The results show that relational thinking could enhance individuals’ active coping, seeking of emotional support and venting, problem avoidance, and attentional diversion coping strategies while reducing denial and disengagement coping styles. Study 3 further demonstrates through questionnaires across time points that Chinese relational thinking could improve individuals’ mental health by enhancing their active coping and minimizing denial and disengagement. The results of the three studies are of great significance in terms of improving mental health from the perspective of Chinese relational thinking and coping strategies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0cc5f9e58d56481283e0f0395831fa582023-11-18T09:19:05ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2023-05-0113644210.3390/bs13060442The Impact of the Chinese Thinking Style of Relations on Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Coping StylesWanhe Meng0Minxuan Feng1Huihui Yu2Yubo Hou3Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaChinese people tend to view and analyze problems according to relations and holism, which can cause them to adopt positive coping strategies when facing difficulties, thus improving their mental health. This study verifies the relationship among relations as a dimension of the Chinese thinking style, coping strategies, and mental health through three research studies. Study 1 preliminarily examines a significant, positive correlation between Chinese relational thinking and mental health through questionnaire surveys. Study 2 primes Chinese relational thinking and explores its relationship with coping strategies. The results show that relational thinking could enhance individuals’ active coping, seeking of emotional support and venting, problem avoidance, and attentional diversion coping strategies while reducing denial and disengagement coping styles. Study 3 further demonstrates through questionnaires across time points that Chinese relational thinking could improve individuals’ mental health by enhancing their active coping and minimizing denial and disengagement. The results of the three studies are of great significance in terms of improving mental health from the perspective of Chinese relational thinking and coping strategies.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/6/442Chinese peoplerelational thinkingconnectednessmental healthcoping style |
| spellingShingle | Wanhe Meng Minxuan Feng Huihui Yu Yubo Hou The Impact of the Chinese Thinking Style of Relations on Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Coping Styles Behavioral Sciences Chinese people relational thinking connectedness mental health coping style |
| title | The Impact of the Chinese Thinking Style of Relations on Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Coping Styles |
| title_full | The Impact of the Chinese Thinking Style of Relations on Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Coping Styles |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of the Chinese Thinking Style of Relations on Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Coping Styles |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of the Chinese Thinking Style of Relations on Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Coping Styles |
| title_short | The Impact of the Chinese Thinking Style of Relations on Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Coping Styles |
| title_sort | impact of the chinese thinking style of relations on mental health the mediating role of coping styles |
| topic | Chinese people relational thinking connectedness mental health coping style |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/6/442 |
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