The effects of perceived stress on anxiety in military cadets:the mediating role of emotion regulation strategies
PU Zhaojun
YANG Mengyuan
ZHANG Yuanbei
WANG Hui
HU Minhua
WU Shengjun
Abstract：Objective To explore whether the relationship between stress perception and anxiety of military cadets is affected by emotion regulation strategies.Methods A total of 204 military cadets were investigated by Chinese Perceived Stress Scale,Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale and Emotion Regulation Questionnaire.Results ①Stress perception and expressive suppression were significantly positively correlated with anxiety in military cadets(r=0.620,0.345;P<0.01),and cognitive reappraisal was significantly negatively correlated with anxiety(r=-0.321;P<0.01).②The direct effect of stress perception on anxiety was 0.203(95%CI:0.155-0.252),and the partial mediating effect of emotion regulation strategies between stress perception and anxiety was 0.035(95%CI:0.016-0.058).③Cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression had significant partial mediating effects on stress perception and anxiety.The mediating effects of cognitive reappraisal accounted for 45.7%of the total mediating effects,while expressive suppression accounted for the remaining 54.3%,with the latter accounting for a larger proportion of the mediating effects than the former.Conclusion Stress perception not only directly affects anxiety of military cadets,but also indirectly affects anxiety of military cadets through cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression.Therefore,psychological interventions can be used to improve the use of emotion regulation of military cadets and thus reduce the negative effects of stress perception on anxiety.
Keywords：military cadetsstress perceptionanxietycognitive reappraisalexpressive suppression
Publication Date：2024-09-28
Online Publishing Date：2026-08-26(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 972-976 )