Ruiyang Han¹, Tingting Xu^1,*, Yin Shi², Wuyi Liu³

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 731-744, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2024.054884 - 20 September 2024

Abstract Background: College students face significant academic and physiological changes, making them more susceptible to psychological issues such as depression, self-injury, and suicidal ideation. Feelings of defeat can exacerbate these risks by increasing academic stress. However, interpersonal relationships can moderate the impact of academic stress on students’ mental health. Utilizing the presage–process–product model, this study aims to empirically investigate how feelings of defeat influence depression, self-injury, and suicidal ideation among college students. Additionally, it explores the mediating role of academic stress and the moderating role of various types of interpersonal relationships. Methods: A total of 1612… More >

Sha Shen¹, Saidi Wang^2,*, Md Zahir Ahmed³, Fatema Akhter Hiramoni⁴, Jingrong Sha¹, Xiangdong Yan⁵, Mary C. Jobe⁶ and Oli Ahmed⁷

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.23, No.4, pp. 499-511, 2021, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2021.018661 - 28 October 2021

Abstract This study examined the moderating effects of parent-child, same-sex, opposite-sex and teacher-student relationships between sibling status and loneliness during COVID-19. A total of 1,591 adolescents in China completed the study questionnaires which assessed the aforementioned variables. The results showed that same-sex and teacherstudent relationships moderated the association between sibling status and loneliness. The results indicated that among participants with good same-sex relationships during COVID-19, compared to non-only-children participants, the only-children participants were more likely to experience a lower level of loneliness. However, participants with poor same-sex relationships experienced similar level of loneliness regardless of whether More >