The mediating roles of coping styles and academic burnout in the relationship between stressors and depressive symptoms among Chinese postgraduates
Background Since few studies have incorporated factors like stressors, coping styles, and academic burnout into the same model to analyze their impacts on depressive symptoms, this research attempts to establish an optimal structural model to explore the direct and indirect effects of these factors...
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| author | Hong Shi Hanfang Zhao Minfu He Zheng Ren Shixun Wang Li Cui Jieyu Zhao Wenjun Li Yachen Wei Wenjing Zhang Ziqiang Chen Hongjian Liu Xiumin Zhang |
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| description | Background Since few studies have incorporated factors like stressors, coping styles, and academic burnout into the same model to analyze their impacts on depressive symptoms, this research attempts to establish an optimal structural model to explore the direct and indirect effects of these factors on depressive symptoms. Methods A total of 266 postgraduates completed questionnaires regarding coping styles, academic burnout, stressors, and depressive symptoms. The path analysis was applied for investigating the roles of coping styles and academic burnout in mediating the relationship between stressors and depressive symptoms. Results The total and direct effects of stressors on depressive symptoms were 0.53 and 0.31, respectively. The proportion of the direct effect of stressors on depressive symptoms to its total effect amounted to 58.50%. The indirect effects of academic burnout, positive coping style, and negative coping style on the association between stressors and depressive symptoms were 0.11, 0.04, and 0.03, taking up 20.75%, 7.55%, and 5.66% of the total effect, respectively. The serial indirect effect of positive coping style and academic burnout was 0.02, accounting for 3.77% of the total effect, while that of negative coping style and academic burnout was 0.02, taking up 3.77% of the total effect. Conclusions Coping styles and academic burnout chain jointly mediate the relationship between stressors and depressive symptoms among postgraduates. Thus, encouraging postgraduates to tackle stress positively may reduce the likelihood of the development of academic burnout and further reduce depressive symptoms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-98c938ad70c94e9b81c676c2886640e72023-12-03T10:12:49ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592023-09-0111e1606410.7717/peerj.16064The mediating roles of coping styles and academic burnout in the relationship between stressors and depressive symptoms among Chinese postgraduatesHong Shi0Hanfang Zhao1Minfu He2Zheng Ren3Shixun Wang4Li Cui5Jieyu Zhao6Wenjun Li7Yachen Wei8Wenjing Zhang9Ziqiang Chen10Hongjian Liu11Xiumin Zhang12Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, ChinaBackground Since few studies have incorporated factors like stressors, coping styles, and academic burnout into the same model to analyze their impacts on depressive symptoms, this research attempts to establish an optimal structural model to explore the direct and indirect effects of these factors on depressive symptoms. Methods A total of 266 postgraduates completed questionnaires regarding coping styles, academic burnout, stressors, and depressive symptoms. The path analysis was applied for investigating the roles of coping styles and academic burnout in mediating the relationship between stressors and depressive symptoms. Results The total and direct effects of stressors on depressive symptoms were 0.53 and 0.31, respectively. The proportion of the direct effect of stressors on depressive symptoms to its total effect amounted to 58.50%. The indirect effects of academic burnout, positive coping style, and negative coping style on the association between stressors and depressive symptoms were 0.11, 0.04, and 0.03, taking up 20.75%, 7.55%, and 5.66% of the total effect, respectively. The serial indirect effect of positive coping style and academic burnout was 0.02, accounting for 3.77% of the total effect, while that of negative coping style and academic burnout was 0.02, taking up 3.77% of the total effect. Conclusions Coping styles and academic burnout chain jointly mediate the relationship between stressors and depressive symptoms among postgraduates. Thus, encouraging postgraduates to tackle stress positively may reduce the likelihood of the development of academic burnout and further reduce depressive symptoms.https://peerj.com/articles/16064.pdfStressorsCoping stylesAcademic burnoutDepressive symptomsPostgraduatesChinese |
| spellingShingle | Hong Shi Hanfang Zhao Minfu He Zheng Ren Shixun Wang Li Cui Jieyu Zhao Wenjun Li Yachen Wei Wenjing Zhang Ziqiang Chen Hongjian Liu Xiumin Zhang The mediating roles of coping styles and academic burnout in the relationship between stressors and depressive symptoms among Chinese postgraduates PeerJ Stressors Coping styles Academic burnout Depressive symptoms Postgraduates Chinese |
| title | The mediating roles of coping styles and academic burnout in the relationship between stressors and depressive symptoms among Chinese postgraduates |
| title_full | The mediating roles of coping styles and academic burnout in the relationship between stressors and depressive symptoms among Chinese postgraduates |
| title_fullStr | The mediating roles of coping styles and academic burnout in the relationship between stressors and depressive symptoms among Chinese postgraduates |
| title_full_unstemmed | The mediating roles of coping styles and academic burnout in the relationship between stressors and depressive symptoms among Chinese postgraduates |
| title_short | The mediating roles of coping styles and academic burnout in the relationship between stressors and depressive symptoms among Chinese postgraduates |
| title_sort | mediating roles of coping styles and academic burnout in the relationship between stressors and depressive symptoms among chinese postgraduates |
| topic | Stressors Coping styles Academic burnout Depressive symptoms Postgraduates Chinese |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/16064.pdf |
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