The Relationship Among Depression,Confucian Coping Thinking,Meaning In Life And Psychological Capital In College Students

The present study focuses on the effects of college students’ depression on their psychological capital and the mechanisms by which Confucian-style coping thinking and a sense of meaningful life play a role.A total of 598 college students from colleges and universities in Heilongjiang Province were selected as the research objects by convenience sampling method.The Depression Scale(CES-D),the Confucian Coping Thinking Scale,the Meaningfulness of Life Scale(MLQ),and the Psychological Capital Scale(PPQ)have been used as research instruments,and descriptive statistics,independent sample t-tests,regression analysis,mediation effect test and other statistical methods were used to study the results as follows:(1)College students differ in depression,psychological capital on certain demographic variables;(2)Depression of college students was significantly negatively correlated with Confucian coping thinking,sense ofthe Meaningfulness of Life and psychological capital,and was significantly positively correlated with destiny thinking of Confucian coping thinking,and was significantly negatively correlated with responsibility thinking and pro-frustration thinking.Responsibility thinking and pro-frustration thinking of Confucian coping thinking were significantly positively correlated with sense of meaning in life and psychological capital.Destiny thinking was negatively correlated with meaning in life and psychological capital;(3)College students’ depression,Confucian coping thinking and the Meaningfulness of Life can predict psychological capital;(4)The partial mediating role of a sense of meaning in life between depression and the psychological capital of university students;(5)The pro-frustration thinking of Confucian coping thinking plays a moderating role between depression and college students’ psychological capital;(6)Depression affects psychological capital through meaning in life and is moderated by pro-frustration thinking.It is clear from the research that,college students’ depression can directly affect psychological capital,Psychological capital may also be influenced indirectly through the mediating effects of Confucian coping thinking and a sense of meaning in life.The pro-frustration thinking of Confucian coping thinking can positively regulate the relationship between depression and psychological capital,Pro-frustration thinking plays a moderating role in partially mediating the sense of the meaningfulness of life.Pro-frustration thinking and responsibility thinking in Confucianism are positive ways of thinking that help people face frustration and stress with courage,thus reducing depression and other bad emotions,and can improve individual psychological capital.