The chain mediating role of psychological resilience and neuroticism between intolerance of uncertainty and perceived stress among medical university students in Southwest China
Abstract Background Medical university students are confronted with unprecedented uncertainty and stress compared with their peers. Research has explored the effect of intolerance of uncertainty on perceived stress, but little attention was paid to investigate the mediating mechanisms behind this re...
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| description | Abstract Background Medical university students are confronted with unprecedented uncertainty and stress compared with their peers. Research has explored the effect of intolerance of uncertainty on perceived stress, but little attention was paid to investigate the mediating mechanisms behind this relationship, especially among medical university students. The aim of this study was to examine whether psychological resilience and neuroticism played a mediating role between medical university students’ intolerance of uncertainty and perceived stress. Methods A total of 717 medical university students from Chongqing in Southwest China were recruited to participate in our study and completed demographic information, Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale Short Version (IUS-12), Chinese Version of Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10 (CD-RISC-10) and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ). Results (1) Significant correlations between intolerance of uncertainty, perceived stress, psychological resilience and neuroticism were found. (2) Intolerance of uncertainty affected medical university students’ perceived stress via three paths: the mediating effect of psychological resilience, the mediating effect of neuroticism, and the chain mediating effect of both psychological resilience and neuroticism. Conclusions Intolerance of uncertainty could directly affect the perceived stress of medical university students, and also affected perceived stress through the mediating roles of psychological resilience and neuroticism, as well as through the chain mediating role of these two variables. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-160c35efb23241e69c5258ac43da99272023-11-26T13:56:15ZengBMCBMC Psychiatry1471-244X2023-11-012311910.1186/s12888-023-05345-zThe chain mediating role of psychological resilience and neuroticism between intolerance of uncertainty and perceived stress among medical university students in Southwest ChinaXiaoxiao Xu0Xiaofan Yan1Qianhui Zhang2Chen Xu3Min Li4Department of Military Psychology, Faculty of Medical Psychology, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University)Department of Military Psychology, Faculty of Medical Psychology, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University)Department of Foreign Languages, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University)Department of Military Psychology, Faculty of Medical Psychology, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University)Department of Military Psychology, Faculty of Medical Psychology, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University)Abstract Background Medical university students are confronted with unprecedented uncertainty and stress compared with their peers. Research has explored the effect of intolerance of uncertainty on perceived stress, but little attention was paid to investigate the mediating mechanisms behind this relationship, especially among medical university students. The aim of this study was to examine whether psychological resilience and neuroticism played a mediating role between medical university students’ intolerance of uncertainty and perceived stress. Methods A total of 717 medical university students from Chongqing in Southwest China were recruited to participate in our study and completed demographic information, Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale Short Version (IUS-12), Chinese Version of Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10 (CD-RISC-10) and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ). Results (1) Significant correlations between intolerance of uncertainty, perceived stress, psychological resilience and neuroticism were found. (2) Intolerance of uncertainty affected medical university students’ perceived stress via three paths: the mediating effect of psychological resilience, the mediating effect of neuroticism, and the chain mediating effect of both psychological resilience and neuroticism. Conclusions Intolerance of uncertainty could directly affect the perceived stress of medical university students, and also affected perceived stress through the mediating roles of psychological resilience and neuroticism, as well as through the chain mediating role of these two variables.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05345-zMedical university studentsIntolerance of uncertaintyPerceived stressPsychological resilienceNeuroticism |
| spellingShingle | Xiaoxiao Xu Xiaofan Yan Qianhui Zhang Chen Xu Min Li The chain mediating role of psychological resilience and neuroticism between intolerance of uncertainty and perceived stress among medical university students in Southwest China BMC Psychiatry Medical university students Intolerance of uncertainty Perceived stress Psychological resilience Neuroticism |
| title | The chain mediating role of psychological resilience and neuroticism between intolerance of uncertainty and perceived stress among medical university students in Southwest China |
| title_full | The chain mediating role of psychological resilience and neuroticism between intolerance of uncertainty and perceived stress among medical university students in Southwest China |
| title_fullStr | The chain mediating role of psychological resilience and neuroticism between intolerance of uncertainty and perceived stress among medical university students in Southwest China |
| title_full_unstemmed | The chain mediating role of psychological resilience and neuroticism between intolerance of uncertainty and perceived stress among medical university students in Southwest China |
| title_short | The chain mediating role of psychological resilience and neuroticism between intolerance of uncertainty and perceived stress among medical university students in Southwest China |
| title_sort | chain mediating role of psychological resilience and neuroticism between intolerance of uncertainty and perceived stress among medical university students in southwest china |
| topic | Medical university students Intolerance of uncertainty Perceived stress Psychological resilience Neuroticism |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05345-z |
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