The relationship between psychological resilience, neuroticism, attentional bias, and depressive symptoms in college Chinese students
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In recent years, the incidence of depressive symptoms among Chinese college students has been increasing. Studies have shown that depressive symptoms are related to a variety of psychosocial factors, among which neuroticism, resilience, and attention bias are most notably related, but the correlation among the three is not clear. This study aimed to investigate the influence mechanisms of different degrees of resilience, attentional bias, and neuroticism in the formation of depressive symptoms. The college freshmen of this study were selected through stratified multi-stage cluster sampling. Students provided informed consent and then completed a general situation questionnaire and four scales: the Chinese version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, the Attention to Positive and Negative Information Scale, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, and the Zung Self-Rating Depressive Symptoms Scale. In total, 1,493 freshmen participated in the research group. Our results showed that low resilience, negative attention bias, and high neuroticism jointly increased the risk of depressive symptoms. There is a significant correlation between these three factors and depressive symptoms. Additionally, strength, tenacity, and attention bias all had more significant effects on the occurrence of depressive symptoms. These findings indicate that there may be an important psychological mechanism for the occurrence, development, and poor prognosis of depressive symptoms.
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- Authors
- Wang, M., Li, J., Yan, G., Lei, T., Rong, W., & Sun, L.
- Affiliations
- Tianjin Anding Hospital (CN)
- Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Li, Jiangbo
- Sun, Ling
- Venue
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2022-10-20
- Volume
- 13
- Pages
- 884016-884016
- ISSN
- 1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9631922
- OpenAlex
- W4306871012
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2
- FWCI
- 4.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
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- Frontiers in Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- 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 › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Keywords
- psychological resilience, neuroticism, attentional bias, depressive symptoms, university students, first-year students, Chinese students, personality traits
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