A study of negative life events driven depressive symptoms and academic engagement in Chinese college students
Abstract Negative life events (NLEs) are an important predictor of depressive symptoms (DS). College students experiencing NLEs are at risk of developing DS that could further weaken their academic engagement (AE), while social supports may assuage such negative effect. The aim of this study was to...
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oai:doaj.org-article:b9bd08ba89e84918b5140cae16a4c4262021-12-02T18:53:09ZA study of negative life events driven depressive symptoms and academic engagement in Chinese college students10.1038/s41598-021-96768-92045-2322https://doaj.org/article/b9bd08ba89e84918b5140cae16a4c4262021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96768-9https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Negative life events (NLEs) are an important predictor of depressive symptoms (DS). College students experiencing NLEs are at risk of developing DS that could further weaken their academic engagement (AE), while social supports may assuage such negative effect. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between negative life events, depressive symptoms, and academic engagement, and how the NLE-DS-AE relationship is affected by the level of social support among Chinese college students. To test this hypothesis, we applied data from the Decoding Happiness Gene Cohort Study (DHGCS). Baseline depressive symptoms and academic engagement were measured at the beginning of the first academic year. Approximately 12 months later, negative life events and social support over the past year were assessed retrospectively along with current depressive symptoms and academic engagement. A total of 3629 college students (Age = 18.67 ± 0.82) were included in the study. The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 26.7% and 36.7% in college students at the beginning of the first and second academic year, respectively. Depressive symptoms predicted subsequent academic engagement rather than the reverse based on cross-lagged analyses. Using structural equation modeling analyses, findings revealed a partial mediation effect of social support between negative life events and the development of depressive symptoms, and a partial mediation effect between negative life events and academic engagement. The findings presented negative life events jeopardize the academic engagement via depressive symptoms, while social supports are able to cancel such negative effect among college students under the Chinese cultural context.Lei JiChangfeng ChenBinyin HouDecheng RenFan YuanLiangjie LiuYan BiZhenming GuoFengping YangXi WuXingwang LiChuanxin LiuZhen ZuoRong ZhangZhenghui YiYifeng XuLin HeYi ShiTao YuGuang HeNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021) |
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Abstract Negative life events (NLEs) are an important predictor of depressive symptoms (DS). College students experiencing NLEs are at risk of developing DS that could further weaken their academic engagement (AE), while social supports may assuage such negative effect. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between negative life events, depressive symptoms, and academic engagement, and how the NLE-DS-AE relationship is affected by the level of social support among Chinese college students. To test this hypothesis, we applied data from the Decoding Happiness Gene Cohort Study (DHGCS). Baseline depressive symptoms and academic engagement were measured at the beginning of the first academic year. Approximately 12 months later, negative life events and social support over the past year were assessed retrospectively along with current depressive symptoms and academic engagement. A total of 3629 college students (Age = 18.67 ± 0.82) were included in the study. The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 26.7% and 36.7% in college students at the beginning of the first and second academic year, respectively. Depressive symptoms predicted subsequent academic engagement rather than the reverse based on cross-lagged analyses. Using structural equation modeling analyses, findings revealed a partial mediation effect of social support between negative life events and the development of depressive symptoms, and a partial mediation effect between negative life events and academic engagement. The findings presented negative life events jeopardize the academic engagement via depressive symptoms, while social supports are able to cancel such negative effect among college students under the Chinese cultural context. |
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Lei Ji Changfeng Chen Binyin Hou Decheng Ren Fan Yuan Liangjie Liu Yan Bi Zhenming Guo Fengping Yang Xi Wu Xingwang Li Chuanxin Liu Zhen Zuo Rong Zhang Zhenghui Yi Yifeng Xu Lin He Yi Shi Tao Yu Guang He |
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Lei Ji Changfeng Chen Binyin Hou Decheng Ren Fan Yuan Liangjie Liu Yan Bi Zhenming Guo Fengping Yang Xi Wu Xingwang Li Chuanxin Liu Zhen Zuo Rong Zhang Zhenghui Yi Yifeng Xu Lin He Yi Shi Tao Yu Guang He |
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A study of negative life events driven depressive symptoms and academic engagement in Chinese college students |
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A study of negative life events driven depressive symptoms and academic engagement in Chinese college students |
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A study of negative life events driven depressive symptoms and academic engagement in Chinese college students |
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A study of negative life events driven depressive symptoms and academic engagement in Chinese college students |
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