Effects of Perceived Stress on Meaning in Life of College Students:The Chain Mediating Role of Gratitude and Resilience
ZHANG Peng
XU Chen
LIU Yang
PENG Li
LI Min
Abstract：Objective To explore the relationship and mechanism of gratitude and resilience between perceived stress and meaning in life in college students.Methods A total of 684 college students were investigated by the Chinese perceived stress scale(CPSS),gratitude questionnaire 6(GQ-6),10-item connor-davidson resilience scale(CD-RISC-10)and meaning in life questionnaire(MLQ).The chain mediation of gratitude and resilience between perceived stress and sense of meaning in life was tested by Bootstrap method.Results Correlation analysis showed that perceived stress was negatively correlated with gratitude,resilience and meaning in life(r=-0.513,-0.588,-0.358,all P＜0.01),while meaning in life was positively correlated with gratitude and resilience(r=0.504,0.445,all P＜0.01),grati-tude was positively correlated with resilience(r=0.537,P＜0.01).The results of mediating effect test showed that the direct effect of perceived stress on the sense of meaning of life was not significant;gratitude and resilience had a sig-nificant simple mediating effect on the effect of perceived stress on the meaning of life,and the effect values were-0.177[95％confidence interval(CI):-0.230 to-0.127],-0.095(95％CI:-0.144 to-0.052),the proportion of effect was 51.5％and 27.6％respectively;gratitude and resilience played a chain mediation role in the impact of perceived stress on the sense of meaning in life,and the effect value was-0.036(95％CI:-0.058 to-0.018),and the propor-tion of effect was 10.5％.Conclusion The relationship among gratitude,resilience,perceived stress and meaning in life is significant among college students,the impact of perceived stress on the meaning in life can be mediated through grati-tude and resilience.In the future,gratitude training and resilience training can be carried out to improve the sense of meaning in life.
Keywords：College studentPerceived stressSense of meaning in lifeGratitudeResilience
Publication Date：2024-04-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 334-338 )