The Impact of Cognitive Reappraisal Intervention on Depressive Tendencies in Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy
This research was conducted to explore how a cognitive reappraisal intervention influences depression in college students with depressive tendencies, as well as to examine how regulatory emotional self-efficacy mediates this link. An unstructured questionnaire was utilized to evaluate the effects of...
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| description | This research was conducted to explore how a cognitive reappraisal intervention influences depression in college students with depressive tendencies, as well as to examine how regulatory emotional self-efficacy mediates this link. An unstructured questionnaire was utilized to evaluate the effects of a cognitive reappraisal intervention, while online reading and writing tasks were implemented to address the depressive symptoms among college students exhibiting tendencies. The participants in the study included 98 college students exhibiting depressive tendencies. The students’ depression, regulatory emotional self-efficacy, and cognitive reappraisal scores were measured before and after the intervention. The findings indicated that interventions focused on cognitive reappraisal can effectively reduce depression in college students exhibiting depressive tendencies. Additionally, regulatory emotional self-efficacy played a significant mediating role in the link between cognitive reappraisal intervention and depression levels among these students. The results provide valuable insights regarding interventions for depressive tendencies, highlighting their crucial role in enhancing the mental well-being of college students. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b5b230c44ccb4377a3125285f0fe9d7f2025-08-20T03:14:38ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2025-04-0115556210.3390/bs15050562The Impact of Cognitive Reappraisal Intervention on Depressive Tendencies in Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of Regulatory Emotional Self-EfficacyTing Lu0Kejing Liu1Xiang Feng2Xinyu Zhang3Zhuang She4Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hubei University, Wuhan 430061, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hubei University, Wuhan 430061, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hubei University, Wuhan 430061, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hubei University, Wuhan 430061, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, ChinaThis research was conducted to explore how a cognitive reappraisal intervention influences depression in college students with depressive tendencies, as well as to examine how regulatory emotional self-efficacy mediates this link. An unstructured questionnaire was utilized to evaluate the effects of a cognitive reappraisal intervention, while online reading and writing tasks were implemented to address the depressive symptoms among college students exhibiting tendencies. The participants in the study included 98 college students exhibiting depressive tendencies. The students’ depression, regulatory emotional self-efficacy, and cognitive reappraisal scores were measured before and after the intervention. The findings indicated that interventions focused on cognitive reappraisal can effectively reduce depression in college students exhibiting depressive tendencies. Additionally, regulatory emotional self-efficacy played a significant mediating role in the link between cognitive reappraisal intervention and depression levels among these students. The results provide valuable insights regarding interventions for depressive tendencies, highlighting their crucial role in enhancing the mental well-being of college students.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15/5/562college studentsdepressive tendenciesinterventioncognitive reappraisalreading and writing task |
| spellingShingle | Ting Lu Kejing Liu Xiang Feng Xinyu Zhang Zhuang She The Impact of Cognitive Reappraisal Intervention on Depressive Tendencies in Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy Behavioral Sciences college students depressive tendencies intervention cognitive reappraisal reading and writing task |
| title | The Impact of Cognitive Reappraisal Intervention on Depressive Tendencies in Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy |
| title_full | The Impact of Cognitive Reappraisal Intervention on Depressive Tendencies in Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of Cognitive Reappraisal Intervention on Depressive Tendencies in Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Cognitive Reappraisal Intervention on Depressive Tendencies in Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy |
| title_short | The Impact of Cognitive Reappraisal Intervention on Depressive Tendencies in Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy |
| title_sort | impact of cognitive reappraisal intervention on depressive tendencies in chinese college students the mediating role of regulatory emotional self efficacy |
| topic | college students depressive tendencies intervention cognitive reappraisal reading and writing task |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15/5/562 |
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