The Bidirectional Relationship between Positive Mental Health and Social Rhythm in College Students:A Three-Year Longitudinal Study

Frontiers in Psychology

Jürgen Margraf¹  Muyu Lin¹  Xiao Chi Zhang¹  Dan Cai²  Meixia Zhu² 

[1] Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Mental Health Research and Treatment Center, Ruhr-Universität BochumBochum, Germany;Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal UniversityShanghai, China;

关键词: social rhythm;    positive mental health;    cross-lagged panel analysis;    college students;    longitudinal study;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01119

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Social rhythm refers to the general regularity of engaging in basic social activities during the week, and was found to be associated with individuals’ positive mental health. The present study investigated the relationship between social rhythm and emotional well-being in a cohort of 2,031 college students over 3 years with a cross-lagged longitudinal panel design. Results revealed that regularity of social rhythm positively predicted emotional well-being in the following year, and vice versa, when the level of both factors in the previous year was controlled. Our study provides evidence of a longitudinal positive reciprocal relationship between social rhythm and positive mental health in younger adult populations.

【 授权许可】

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