Impact of Family Cohesion and Adaptability on Academic Burnout of Chinese College Students: Serial Mediation of Peer Support and Positive Psychological Capital
This study aimed to explore the association between the functioning of family environment (i.e., family cohesion and family adaptability) and academic burnout of Chinese college students as well as the mediating effects of the interpersonal resource (i.e., peer support) and intrapersonal resource [i...
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| description | This study aimed to explore the association between the functioning of family environment (i.e., family cohesion and family adaptability) and academic burnout of Chinese college students as well as the mediating effects of the interpersonal resource (i.e., peer support) and intrapersonal resource [i.e., positive psychological capital (PsyCap)] in this relationship. A total of 1971 Chinese undergraduates were involved in an online questionnaire survey and data analysis. It was found that family cohesion and adaptability was negatively related to academic burnout. Mediation analyses demonstrated that family cohesion and adaptability did not directly affect academic burnout, but indirectly through increasing PsyCap (characterized by optimism, hope, resilience, and self-efficacy), and through enhancing peer support and then increasing PsyCap in serial. Meanwhile, the relationship between family cohesion and adaptability and academic burnout was not mediated by peer support alone. These findings highlight the family environment’s crucial role in youth mental health and positive development in the college context. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90b2c5d8df6c416fb023661e5d425b8c2022-12-21T22:41:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-12-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.767616767616Impact of Family Cohesion and Adaptability on Academic Burnout of Chinese College Students: Serial Mediation of Peer Support and Positive Psychological CapitalJincong Yu0Yifan Wang1Xiaoqing Tang2Yuqin Wu3Xuemei Tang4Jie Huang5Education and Counseling Center for Psychological Health, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Philosophy, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Philosophy, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Foreign Languages, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Marxism, Wuhan Railway Vocational College of Technology, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Philosophy, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, ChinaThis study aimed to explore the association between the functioning of family environment (i.e., family cohesion and family adaptability) and academic burnout of Chinese college students as well as the mediating effects of the interpersonal resource (i.e., peer support) and intrapersonal resource [i.e., positive psychological capital (PsyCap)] in this relationship. A total of 1971 Chinese undergraduates were involved in an online questionnaire survey and data analysis. It was found that family cohesion and adaptability was negatively related to academic burnout. Mediation analyses demonstrated that family cohesion and adaptability did not directly affect academic burnout, but indirectly through increasing PsyCap (characterized by optimism, hope, resilience, and self-efficacy), and through enhancing peer support and then increasing PsyCap in serial. Meanwhile, the relationship between family cohesion and adaptability and academic burnout was not mediated by peer support alone. These findings highlight the family environment’s crucial role in youth mental health and positive development in the college context.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.767616/fullfamily environmentacademic burnoutpeer supportpositive psychological capitalserial mediation |
| spellingShingle | Jincong Yu Yifan Wang Xiaoqing Tang Yuqin Wu Xuemei Tang Jie Huang Impact of Family Cohesion and Adaptability on Academic Burnout of Chinese College Students: Serial Mediation of Peer Support and Positive Psychological Capital Frontiers in Psychology family environment academic burnout peer support positive psychological capital serial mediation |
| title | Impact of Family Cohesion and Adaptability on Academic Burnout of Chinese College Students: Serial Mediation of Peer Support and Positive Psychological Capital |
| title_full | Impact of Family Cohesion and Adaptability on Academic Burnout of Chinese College Students: Serial Mediation of Peer Support and Positive Psychological Capital |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Family Cohesion and Adaptability on Academic Burnout of Chinese College Students: Serial Mediation of Peer Support and Positive Psychological Capital |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Family Cohesion and Adaptability on Academic Burnout of Chinese College Students: Serial Mediation of Peer Support and Positive Psychological Capital |
| title_short | Impact of Family Cohesion and Adaptability on Academic Burnout of Chinese College Students: Serial Mediation of Peer Support and Positive Psychological Capital |
| title_sort | impact of family cohesion and adaptability on academic burnout of chinese college students serial mediation of peer support and positive psychological capital |
| topic | family environment academic burnout peer support positive psychological capital serial mediation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.767616/full |
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