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Objective:To explore the mediating effect of humor styles between individual authenticity and depression among college students.Methods:A total of 247 college students were surveyed by the humor styles questionnaire, the authenticity questionnaire and the Chinese version of the Beck depression inventory-Ⅱ.SPSS 26.0 was used for descriptive statistics and correlation analysis, and AMOS 23.0 software was used for structural equation model test.The Bootstrap method was applied to test the mediating effect.Results:(1)The individual authenticity score was (53.35±7.80), the depression score was 6.00(3.00, 11.00), and the scores of self-defeating, self-enhancing and affiliative humor styles were (15.00±3.45), (17.70±3.04) and (27.21±4.17). (2) Correlation analysis showed that individual authenticity was positively correlated with self-enhancing humor ( r=0.20, P<0.01), and negatively correlated with self-defeating humor and depression ( r=-0.16, P<0.05; r=-0.30, P<0.01). Self-enhancing humor was negatively correlated with depression ( r=-0.17, P<0.01). (3) The results of mediating analysis showed that the total effect between self-enhancing humor and depression was -0.318.The self-enhancing humor style had a partial mediating effect between individual authenticity and depression, with an effect value of -0.055 (95% CI=-0.103, -0.007), accounting for 17.3% of the total effect.The direct effect value of individual authenticity on depression was -0.245 (95% CI=-0.376, -0.119), accounting for 77.0% of the total effect. Conclusion:It indicates that individual authenticity can directly affect depression and also can affect depression through self-enhancing humor.It is helpful to understand the relationship between individual authenticity and mental health, and provide a strategic reference for preventing and intervention of depression among college students.
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Background@#Numerous studies among the western population have been demonstrated that the intolerance of uncertainty can cause mental disorders such as OCD, anxiety disorder major depressive disorder. The lack of research in this field among the eastern population, especially the Mongolians, is the basis of our study. Material and Methods The study was designed as a cross-sectional study with a self-report questionnaire and conducted between December 5th and February 5th of 2022. The Intolerance of Uncertainty scale (IUS-12) is for measuring intolerance of uncertainty, Patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9), and Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD-7) were used to measuring mental health among study participants. The present study was undertaken following ethical approval from the MNUMS scientific research ethics committee (approval number: 2021/3-06). Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 24. @*Purpose@#The current study was aimed to explore the impact of intolerance of uncertainty on students’ mental health. @*Results@#Total of 3137 students (2440 Chinese, 697 Mongolian), 65.7% of them were female students participated in the current study. The mean score of IUS-12 was 33.53±7.72 among Chinese students, while 38.65±8.48 among Mongolians. This reveals the statistically significant (p=0.003) difference intolerance level between Chinese and Mongolian students. Moreover, Chinese students were less depressed and less anxious than Mongolian students. The anxiety and depression level was directly impacted by the influence of intolerance of uncertainty. @*Conclusion@#Chinese students are more tolerant toward uncertainties than Mongolian students. The intolerance of uncertainty causes depression and anxiety, regardless of nationality.
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Objective To investigate the effect of the high school students' authenticity in the relationships with parents and friends on their behavior problems and loneliness.Methods A total of 619 high school students in Guangdong province participated in this study.The instruments included the Authenticity Scale,the Youth Self-Report and the State versus Trait Loneliness Scales.Results (1) Authentic self in the relationship with parents were significantly and negatively related to internalizing problems (depression/anxiety,social withdrawal and somatic complaints,standardized regression coefficients were-0.17,P ＜ 0.01 ;-0.10,P ＜ 0.05 ;-0.10,P ＜ 0.05),externalizing problems (aggression and delinquency,standardized regression coefficients were -0.16,P ＜ 0.01 ;-0.21,P ＜ 0.01) and loneliness (trait loneliness and state loneliness,standardized regression coefficients were-0.17,P ＜0.01 ;-0.17,P ＜0.01).(2) Authentic self in the relationship with friends was significantly and negatively related to internalizing problems (depression/anxiety,social withdrawal and somatic complaints,standardized regression coefficients were-0.24,P＜ 0.01 ;-0.28,P＜ 0.01 ;-0.10,P＜ 0.05) and loneliness(trait loneliness and state loneliness,standardized regression coefficients were-0.29,P ＜ 0.01;-0.34,P ＜0.01).Conclusion Authenticity in the relationships with parents and friends has the positive effect on adolescents' psychosocial adjustment.