The mediating role of mental vulnerability between negative life events and interaction anxiousness among undergraduate students in Liaoning, China (Preprint)

Abstract

Interaction anxiousness is common among undergraduate students and adolescent, which could easily lead to a high risk for depression, substance use disorder and suicide among them. However, little is known about the influence factors on interaction anxiousness.Responses from 3 universities in Liaoning province indicate that social anxiety scores of college students are generally high. Mental vulnerability and negative life events have a great influence on the occurrence of interaction anxiety. Mental vulnerability played a partial mediating role between negative life events and interaction anxiousness among undergraduate students, which has often been overlooked in the past.The finding suggest that important to expand the construction of college mental health team and change the previous education mode of mental health. Give students regular psychological tests, early detection of psychological problems, and timely intervention. This study has a further understanding about interaction anxiousness and its influencing factors. Adolescents also belong to the community care group, their mental health problems also need more attention from nursing professionals.

The study aims to analyze the relationships between mental vulnerability, negative life events and interaction anxiousness among undergraduate students in China and examine the mediating role of mental vulnerability on undergraduate students.

Design and Methods: A cross-sectional survey target for undergraduate students in Liaoning province. Pearson correlation coefficient, multiple linear regression and structuralequation modeling method were applied to analyze the data.

Findings: The results suggest that mental vulnerability played a partial mediating role between negative life events and interaction anxiousness among undergraduate students.Negative life events had a significant indirect effect on the interaction anxiousness through mental vulnerability.

The study result will contribute to improve the physical and mental health development of undergraduate students.

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