Relationship among psychological capital, coping style and anxiety of Chinese college students.

Abstract

The objective of this study is to explore the relationship between psychological capitals, coping style and anxiety response of Chinese college students, and provide ideas for the effective coping with the pressure situation. 287 undergraduates were investigated by the psychological capital questionnaire, the proposed coping style questionnaire and the self-rating anxiety scale. The differences in scores of psychological capital (p<0.05), positive coping style (p<0.01), negative coping (p<0.05) and anxiety (p<0.01) were statistically significant in the gender dimension. The correlation analysis showed that psychological capital and its dimensions (expect hope dimension) were negatively correlated with anxiety (p<0.01), while psychological capital and its dimensions were positively correlated with positive coping style (p<0.01). Through the mediation effect test, it was found that psychological capital had a complete mediation effect between positive coping style and anxiety, and optimism had a partial mediation effect between negative coping and anxiety. Psychological capital had partly or completely mediation effect between coping style and anxiety, which should attach great importance to. It is essential to improve the psychological capital level through mental health education to help college students cope with stress effectively.