A Research Of Undergraduates' Implicit Verbal Theories Of Hardiness

Based on characteristic theory and the assumption of implicit Verbal theories, we hope to find the structure of characteristics on hardiness. Following the direction of localization, we employed the Chinese Personality adjectives scale as a basic tool. In this article, the study put the hardiness characteristics into chinese cultural context, in order to as profoundly and completely as we could.This study used questionnaire survey method, Firstly, based on"123 Chinese Personality adjectives", the study chose the adjectives which have close relation to hardiness; Secondly,by using exploratory factor analysis,the study preliminarily obtain Hardines`structure of undergraduate;After that,we analysed the reliability and the validity of the structure,then,through correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis ,we explored the relationship of hardiness and mental health ;Finally, the demographic variables difference had been analysed.By test 1,453 colleges mainly from the central China ,the results showed that :1. Based on a Chinese university students sample, hardiness contain five factor: will and implementation; ability, insight and emergency measure; integrity and compassion; contacts and communication; emotional control.2. The establishment of the "Undergraduate`hardiness adjective questionnaire " has good reliability and validity, which can be used as a tool to measure hardiness.3. There is significantly negative corrolation beween undergraduates` hardiness and individual mental and physical symptoms; multiple regression analysis showed that hardiness is a obvious prediction.4. On undergraduates` hardiness , the demographic variables:school, whether or not the only child, gender, family sources, grade and major showed significant difference on the whole or in part.This study will lay the groundwork for follow-up theoretical and empirical studies. The structure of hardiness will contribute to gain efficient measurement tool and benefit individual to deal with pressure, and psychological counseling and mental health workers will get some effective insight from it.