Antecedents and Moderation Effects of Maladaptive Coping Behaviors Among German University Students

Frontiers in Psychology

Dennis Edelmann¹  Daniel Pfirrmann¹  Markus Schäfer²  Antonia Maria Werner³  Manfred E. Beutel³  Ana Nanette Tibubos³  Nicole Deci⁴  Lina Marie Mülder⁵  Thomas Rigotti⁶  Pavel Dietz⁷  Sebastian Heller⁷  Jennifer L. Reichel⁷  Stephan Letzel⁷ 

[1] Department Sport Medicine, Rehabilitation and Disease Prevention, Institute of Sport Science, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany;Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany;Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany;Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany;Department of Work, Organizational and Business Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany;Department of Work, Organizational and Business Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany;Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research, Mainz, Germany;Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Medical Centre of the University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany;

关键词: university students;    stress;    self-endangering behavior;    quantitative demands;    autonomy;    presenteeism;    emotion regulation;    self-motivation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.645087

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Prolonging working hours and presenteeism have been conceptualized as self-endangering coping behaviors in employees, which are related to health impairment. Drawing upon the self-regulation of behavior model, the goal achievement process, and Warr's vitamin model, we examined the antecedents and moderation effects regarding quantitative demands, autonomy, emotion regulation, and self-motivation competence of university students' self-endangering coping behaviors (showing prolonging working hours and presenteeism). Results from a cross-sectional survey of 3,546 German university students indicate that quantitative demands are positively related and autonomy has a u-shape connection with self-endangering coping. Emotion regulation was shown to be a protective factor for prolonging working hours. Moreover, self-motivation moderated the relationship between quantitative demands and prolonging of working hours, but not in the assumed direction. Self-motivation showed a systematic positive relationship with prolonging of working hours, but no relationship with presenteeism. Autonomy moderated the relationship of quantitative demands with both self-endangering behaviors. We found no moderating effects for emotion regulation of quantitative demands or autonomy and self-endangering behaviors. Besides further practical implications, the results suggest that lecturers should design their courses accordingly with less time pressure and university students should be trained in the use of autonomy.

【 授权许可】

CC BY