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Relationships among nursing students’ self-concept clarity, meaning in life, emotion regulation ability and depression: Testing a moderated mediation model

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Hong, Youjuan, Zhang, Xuan, Wu, Weiwei, Chen, Jingjing, Lin, Yan, Zhao, Junyu, Xiao, Huimin·2022·Frontiers in Psychology
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1003587PMC PMC9745121
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Objective: Self-concept clarity as an inducing factor of depressive symptoms has been confirmed in previous studies. However, little is known about how and when it induces depressive symptoms in nursing students. The study is to examine the potential mediating role of meaning in life and the moderation of emotion regulation ability in the association between self-concept clarity and depressive symptoms among college nursing students. Materials and Methods: A sample of 488 college nursing students participated in this study Southeast China. The Chinese adaptations of Self-concept clarity Scale, Sense of life Scale, Depression scale, Emotion regulation scale were used. Mediation and moderation analyses were carried out in the SPSS macro PROCESS. Results: Self-concept clarity was significantly and negatively associated with depression in nursing students, meaning in life had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between self-concept clarity and depression. Furthermore, emotion regulation ability moderated the direct effect of self-concept clarity on depression. Conclusion: The findings enrich the knowledge of the mediating and moderating mechanisms to explain the association between self-concept clarity and depression in nursing students. There have been proposed interventions concerning increasing self-concept clarity, meaning in life and emotion regulation ability training which could help help reduce the depression among nursing students.

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  • Previous empirical studies have demonstrated a significant negative association between self-concept clarity and depression and social anxiety.

    “Previous empirical studies have also demonstrated a significant negative association between self-concept clarity and depression and social anxiety.”

    From Self-Concept Clarity and Loneliness among College Students: The Chain-Mediating Effect of Fear of Negative Evaluation and Self-Disclosure (2024) · cites this paper as [44]

    The Introduction (‘Self-concept clarity and depression’; page unavailable) reports that previous studies found a negative association with depression, and the paper’s Results find a significant negative association in nursing students. The Introduction also mentions lower anxiety generally, but our copy does not establish the more specific association with social anxiety. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • College students with lower self-concept clarity scores are more likely to experience higher levels of depression and social anxiety.

    “Additionally, research has shown that college students with lower self-concept clarity scores are more likely to experience higher levels of depression and social anxiety [30,44].”

    From Self-Concept Clarity and Loneliness among College Students: The Chain-Mediating Effect of Fear of Negative Evaluation and Self-Disclosure (2024) · cites this paper as [44]

    The Discussion section reports that nursing students with higher self-concept clarity had lower depression levels. The Introduction also describes a relationship with anxiety generally, but the paper does not establish a relationship with social anxiety specifically or report the depression finding for college students broadly. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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Authors
Hong, Y., Zhang, X., Wu, W., Chen, J., Lin, Y., Zhao, J., & Xiao, H.
Affiliations
Fujian Medical University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Zhang, Xuan
  • Xiao, Huimin
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Venue
Frontiers in Psychology
Publisher
Frontiers Media SA
Published
2022-11-29
Volume
13
Pages
1003587-1003587
ISSN
1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1003587
PMC
PMC9745121
OpenAlex
W4310208852
Cited by
28
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10
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2026: 10 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 1
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4.48
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journal article
Language
en
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  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Health and Well-being Studies
Keywords
self-concept clarity, meaning in life, emotion regulation ability, depression, nursing students, moderated mediation, depressive symptoms, university students

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