The Effect Of Meaning-focused Coping On Depression: Mediating Role Of Meaning In Life And Psychological Well-being

The depression among college students under the influence of the covid-19 epidemic is becoming more and more serious,which is one of the important field in the mental health work of colleges and universities,and it is also the core issue of this study.At the same time,there is "hollow heart disease" in the college student group,and there is no shortage of actual cases of depression due to lack of life meaning,so this study focused on the study of depression from the perspective of meaning in life.In addition,coping is closely related to depression,and this study argues that meaning-focused coping,as a special coping style that helps generate meaning,may also play a role in the prevention and treatment of depression in daily life,not just as previous studies have concluded,only after experiencing trauma.Finally,psychological well-being,as a selffulfilling sense of well-being,closely linked to meaning in life,influenced by coping,and as an effective predictor of depression,was also included in the study.At the level of meaning in life,this study conducted research on depression in college students,and explored the effects of meaning-focused coping,meaning in life,and psychological well-being on depression.In this study,503 college students were recruited to answer Meaning-Focused Coping Questionnaire,Impact of Event Scale-Revised Invasive Subscale,Meaning in Life Questionnaire,Psychological Well-being Scale,and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.In the horizontal questionnaire survey,a total of 404 valid questionnaires were collected,and the data were analyzed using SPSS22.0 to explore the relationship between meaning-focused coping,meaning in life,psychological wellbeing,and depression.The results of the study are as follows:(1)Correlation relationship: In addition to the insignificant correlation between initiative meaning-focused coping and automatic meaning-focused coping,search for meaning in life and depression,there was a significant correlation between initiative meaning-focused coping,automatic meaningfocused coping,meaning in life,the presence of meaning in life,the search for meaning in life,psychological well-being,and depression.(2)Partial mediating effect: a)Meaning in life plays a partial mediating role between meaning-focused coping and psychological well-being and depression.Among them,initiative meaning-focused coping can positively affects psychological well-bei0 ng and depression through meaning in life,while automatic meaning-focused coping can negatively affects psychological well-being and depression through meaning in life.b)Presence of meaning in life plays a partial mediating role between meaning-focused coping and depression.Among them,initiative meaning-focused coping can have a negative effect on depression through the presence of meaning in life,while automatic meaningfocused coping can have a positive effect on depression through the presence of meaning in life.(3)Complete mediation: Psychological well-being plays a complete mediating role between the meaning in life and depression,and the meaning in life negatively affects depression through psychological well-being.(4)Chain mediation:Meaning-focused coping affects depression through the chain mediation of meaning in life and psychological well-being.Among them,initiative meaning-focused coping negatively affects depression through the chain mediation effect of meaning in life and psychological well-being,while automatic meaning-focused coping positively affects depression through the chain mediation effect of meaning in life and psychological well-being.