International Journal of Research Studies in Psychology
CollabWritive Special Issue
2024 Volume 10 Issue 1
Available Online: 15 July 2024
Author/s:
Peng, Qinghe*
Graduate School, Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas, Philippines
Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
Lopez, Elna R.
Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas, Philippines
Abstract:
The research on the relationship between hardiness personality and mental health has always been one of the important topics in the field of mental health. The problem of college students’ mental health has aroused widespread attention. In recent years, hardiness personality has been studied more in western psychology circles, but less in China. This study conducted a survey on 1280 college students from public and private universities by consulting relevant materials and questionnaires, and explored the relationship between college students’ hardiness personality, coping style and mental health. From the results, some respondents possessed resilience, control, commitment, and challenge-hardiness personality traits, coupled with mild psychological symptoms and distress suggesting a focus on fostering and strengthening these hardiness traits through preventive interventions. Resilience-building programs can also be beneficial for the overall well-being of the student population. Gender, grade, leadership experience, family background, and socioeconomic status significantly influenced college students’ hardiness, coping styles, and mental health. Findings also revealed that mental health was significantly negatively correlated with coping style, mental health was significantly negatively correlated with coping style, and mental health was significantly correlated with coping style. Likewise, hardiness personality and coping style were correlated with mental health to varying degrees. Results also fully proved that coping styles were positively correlated with mental health. Coping style played a mediating role in the relationship between hardiness and mental health. From these, the proposed psychological program named as “Thrive: Building Resilience and Positive Coping” intended for college students aimed at introducing and practicing positive coping skills for managing stress, anxiety, and mild mental health challenges may be checked and validated by experts before its implementation.
Keywords: college students, tough personality, coping style, mental health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsp.2024.014
Cite this article:
Peng, Q., & Lopez, E. R. (2024). Hardiness personality, mental health, and coping style among Chinese college students. International Journal of Research Studies in Psychology, 10(1), 191-211. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsp.2024.014
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