Intolerance of uncertainty and future career anxiety among Chinese undergraduate students during COVID-19 period: Fear of COVID-19 and depression as mediators
Uncertainty is mushrooming throughout COVID-19, and intolerance of uncertainty (IoU) nudges people into mental health difficulties involving fear, depression, and anxiety. The objective of this study was to investigate the role of depression and fear of COVID-19 (FoC) in the association between IoU...
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| author | Tianshu Zhou Tianshu Zhou Yuchang Bao Danfeng Guo Yunpeng Bai Ruizhe Wang Xinyue Cao Hebin Li Yidi Hua |
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| description | Uncertainty is mushrooming throughout COVID-19, and intolerance of uncertainty (IoU) nudges people into mental health difficulties involving fear, depression, and anxiety. The objective of this study was to investigate the role of depression and fear of COVID-19 (FoC) in the association between IoU and future career anxiety (FCA) among Chinese university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study involved 1,919 Chinese undergraduate students from 11 universities in eight Chinese cities with an online self-administered survey that included demographic information, IoU, FoC, depression, and FCA completed by all participants. Our study demonstrated a positive relationship between IoU and FCA and the chain mediation effect of FoC and depression. Thus, understanding how FoC affects FCA not only informs university career professionals and assists students in preparing for employment, but also motivates schools to offer career opportunities workshops and, most importantly, provides mental health support to help students effectively cope with uncertainty and overcome COVID-19-related stress. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-68a43de8ce8c4c57b1d156361b2c774e2022-12-22T04:36:25ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-11-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.10154461015446Intolerance of uncertainty and future career anxiety among Chinese undergraduate students during COVID-19 period: Fear of COVID-19 and depression as mediatorsTianshu Zhou0Tianshu Zhou1Yuchang Bao2Danfeng Guo3Yunpeng Bai4Ruizhe Wang5Xinyue Cao6Hebin Li7Yidi Hua8Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaDepartment of Political Science, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, ChinaFaculty of Education, University of Macau, Taipa, ChinaDepartment of Political ScienceSuzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, ChinaDepartment of Applied Social Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaDepartment of Media and Communication, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, ChinaDepartment of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaDepartment of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaFaculty of Arts, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS, CanadaUncertainty is mushrooming throughout COVID-19, and intolerance of uncertainty (IoU) nudges people into mental health difficulties involving fear, depression, and anxiety. The objective of this study was to investigate the role of depression and fear of COVID-19 (FoC) in the association between IoU and future career anxiety (FCA) among Chinese university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study involved 1,919 Chinese undergraduate students from 11 universities in eight Chinese cities with an online self-administered survey that included demographic information, IoU, FoC, depression, and FCA completed by all participants. Our study demonstrated a positive relationship between IoU and FCA and the chain mediation effect of FoC and depression. Thus, understanding how FoC affects FCA not only informs university career professionals and assists students in preparing for employment, but also motivates schools to offer career opportunities workshops and, most importantly, provides mental health support to help students effectively cope with uncertainty and overcome COVID-19-related stress.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1015446/fullintolerance of uncertaintyfuture career anxietyfear of COVID-19depressionChinese undergraduate students |
| spellingShingle | Tianshu Zhou Tianshu Zhou Yuchang Bao Danfeng Guo Yunpeng Bai Ruizhe Wang Xinyue Cao Hebin Li Yidi Hua Intolerance of uncertainty and future career anxiety among Chinese undergraduate students during COVID-19 period: Fear of COVID-19 and depression as mediators Frontiers in Public Health intolerance of uncertainty future career anxiety fear of COVID-19 depression Chinese undergraduate students |
| title | Intolerance of uncertainty and future career anxiety among Chinese undergraduate students during COVID-19 period: Fear of COVID-19 and depression as mediators |
| title_full | Intolerance of uncertainty and future career anxiety among Chinese undergraduate students during COVID-19 period: Fear of COVID-19 and depression as mediators |
| title_fullStr | Intolerance of uncertainty and future career anxiety among Chinese undergraduate students during COVID-19 period: Fear of COVID-19 and depression as mediators |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intolerance of uncertainty and future career anxiety among Chinese undergraduate students during COVID-19 period: Fear of COVID-19 and depression as mediators |
| title_short | Intolerance of uncertainty and future career anxiety among Chinese undergraduate students during COVID-19 period: Fear of COVID-19 and depression as mediators |
| title_sort | intolerance of uncertainty and future career anxiety among chinese undergraduate students during covid 19 period fear of covid 19 and depression as mediators |
| topic | intolerance of uncertainty future career anxiety fear of COVID-19 depression Chinese undergraduate students |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1015446/full |
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