Under the effects of COVID-19 and a number of ongoing lockdown tactics,anxiety symptoms and poor sleep quality have become common mental health issues among college freshmen and are intimately related to their emotion...Under the effects of COVID-19 and a number of ongoing lockdown tactics,anxiety symptoms and poor sleep quality have become common mental health issues among college freshmen and are intimately related to their emotional adaptation.To explore this connection,this study gathered data from a sample of 256 freshmen enrolled in an elite university in China in September 2022.The association between sleep quality,anxiety symptoms,and emotional adaptation was clarified using correlation analysis.Additionally,the mediating function of anxiety symptoms between sleep quality and emotional adaptation was investigated using a structural equation model.The results reveal that:(1)Chinese elite university freshmen who were subjected to prolonged lockdown had poor sleep quality and mild anxiety symptoms;(2)a significant positive correlation between poor sleep quality and anxiety symptoms was identified;(3)anxiety symptoms were found to have a significant negative impact on emotional adaptation;(4)poor sleep quality had a negative impact on emotional adaptation through anxiety symptoms.This research makes a valuable contribution by offering insights into the intricate relationship between sleep quality and emotional adaptation among freshmen in elite Chinese universities during prolonged lockdown conditions,and it is beneficial for schools and educators to further improve school schedules and psychological health initiatives.展开更多
Adaptability is an important psychological trait for college students.However,the components of adaptability contained significant inconsistencies in previous studies.On the one hand,there were discrepancies among the...Adaptability is an important psychological trait for college students.However,the components of adaptability contained significant inconsistencies in previous studies.On the one hand,there were discrepancies among the adaptability dimensions.On the other hand,significant inconsistencies were found in the connections among different aspects of adaptability.Therefore,the current research aimed to investigate the latent relationship among various components of adaptability.To achieve this,565 volunteers were recruited to complete a 5-min cross-sectional survey.Subsequently,402 participants were recruited to complete an 8-min longitudinal survey.The current study comprised two sub-studies:Study 1 utilized a structural equation model to examine the relationship between various dimensions of adaptability in a cross-sectional dataset,while Study 2 employed the crosslagged panel model to validate the latent relationship between emotional adaptability and other types of adaptability using a longitudinal dataset.Results from the cross-sectional study indicated significant associations between emotional adaptability and other types of adaptability,with coefficients ranging from.231 to.588.The longitudinal study revealed that emotional adaptability at Time 2 and 3 could be predicted by learning adaptability,professional adaptability,and economic adaptability at Time 1 and 2.Consequently,the research concluded that individuals’emotional maladjustment could be predicted by maladaptive difficulties in learning,professional settings,homesickness,interpersonal relationships,and economics.展开更多
基金the Tianjin Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project“Research on Value-Added Evaluation of Career Adaptability for Engineering Students Oriented towards Outstanding Engineers”,Grant Number TJJXQN22-001.
文摘Under the effects of COVID-19 and a number of ongoing lockdown tactics,anxiety symptoms and poor sleep quality have become common mental health issues among college freshmen and are intimately related to their emotional adaptation.To explore this connection,this study gathered data from a sample of 256 freshmen enrolled in an elite university in China in September 2022.The association between sleep quality,anxiety symptoms,and emotional adaptation was clarified using correlation analysis.Additionally,the mediating function of anxiety symptoms between sleep quality and emotional adaptation was investigated using a structural equation model.The results reveal that:(1)Chinese elite university freshmen who were subjected to prolonged lockdown had poor sleep quality and mild anxiety symptoms;(2)a significant positive correlation between poor sleep quality and anxiety symptoms was identified;(3)anxiety symptoms were found to have a significant negative impact on emotional adaptation;(4)poor sleep quality had a negative impact on emotional adaptation through anxiety symptoms.This research makes a valuable contribution by offering insights into the intricate relationship between sleep quality and emotional adaptation among freshmen in elite Chinese universities during prolonged lockdown conditions,and it is beneficial for schools and educators to further improve school schedules and psychological health initiatives.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Number:31800945Graduate Independent Project of the Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality,Beijing Normal University,Grant/Award Number:BJZK-2021A1-20013。
文摘Adaptability is an important psychological trait for college students.However,the components of adaptability contained significant inconsistencies in previous studies.On the one hand,there were discrepancies among the adaptability dimensions.On the other hand,significant inconsistencies were found in the connections among different aspects of adaptability.Therefore,the current research aimed to investigate the latent relationship among various components of adaptability.To achieve this,565 volunteers were recruited to complete a 5-min cross-sectional survey.Subsequently,402 participants were recruited to complete an 8-min longitudinal survey.The current study comprised two sub-studies:Study 1 utilized a structural equation model to examine the relationship between various dimensions of adaptability in a cross-sectional dataset,while Study 2 employed the crosslagged panel model to validate the latent relationship between emotional adaptability and other types of adaptability using a longitudinal dataset.Results from the cross-sectional study indicated significant associations between emotional adaptability and other types of adaptability,with coefficients ranging from.231 to.588.The longitudinal study revealed that emotional adaptability at Time 2 and 3 could be predicted by learning adaptability,professional adaptability,and economic adaptability at Time 1 and 2.Consequently,the research concluded that individuals’emotional maladjustment could be predicted by maladaptive difficulties in learning,professional settings,homesickness,interpersonal relationships,and economics.
