Impact of Family Cohesion and Adaptability on Academic Burnout of Chinese College Students: Serial Mediation of Peer Support and Positive Psychological Capital

This study aimed to explore the association between the functioning of family environment (i.e., family cohesion and family adaptability) and academic burnout of Chinese college students as well as the mediating effects of the interpersonal resource (i.e., peer support) and intrapersonal resource [i...

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Published in:Frontiers in psychology Vol. 12; p. 767616
Main Authors: Yu, Jincong, Wang, Yifan, Tang, Xiaoqing, Wu, Yuqin, Tang, Xuemei, Huang, Jie
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 13.12.2021
Subjects:
academic burnout
family environment
peer support
positive psychological capital
Psychology
serial mediation
serial mediation
positive psychological capital
academic burnout
family environment
peer support
ISSN:1664-1078, 1664-1078
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Summary:This study aimed to explore the association between the functioning of family environment (i.e., family cohesion and family adaptability) and academic burnout of Chinese college students as well as the mediating effects of the interpersonal resource (i.e., peer support) and intrapersonal resource [i.e., positive psychological capital (PsyCap)] in this relationship. A total of 1971 Chinese undergraduates were involved in an online questionnaire survey and data analysis. It was found that family cohesion and adaptability was negatively related to academic burnout. Mediation analyses demonstrated that family cohesion and adaptability did not directly affect academic burnout, but indirectly through increasing PsyCap (characterized by optimism, hope, resilience, and self-efficacy), and through enhancing peer support and then increasing PsyCap in serial. Meanwhile, the relationship between family cohesion and adaptability and academic burnout was not mediated by peer support alone. These findings highlight the family environment’s crucial role in youth mental health and positive development in the college context.
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Edited by: Nora Wiium, University of Bergen, Norway
This article was submitted to Developmental Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
Reviewed by: Delia Virga, West University of Timişoara, Romania; Pablo Pérez-Díaz, Austral University of Chile, Chile
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.767616