Relationship between stressors and learning anxiety among Chinese adolescent students during global pandemic: a latent profile analysis

Abstract Background Stress is closely associated with emotions among adolescents. There are many criteria in stressors, but few studies have been conducted to classify dimensions of stressors such as adolescents’ family environment and physical-psychological feeling. This study used latent profile a...

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Main Authors: Daojun Wang, Zhifang Guo, Xinying Cheng, Yiru Jiang, Shenghong Dong
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Published: BMC 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02817-7
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Xinying Cheng
Yiru Jiang
Shenghong Dong
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description Abstract Background Stress is closely associated with emotions among adolescents. There are many criteria in stressors, but few studies have been conducted to classify dimensions of stressors such as adolescents’ family environment and physical-psychological feeling. This study used latent profile analysis to explore the relationship between stress and learning anxiety among Chinese adolescent students during global pandemic such as the COVID-19. Methods Chinese adolescents (n = 1145) in middle and high school completed stress and learning anxiety questionnaires. Results Using the latent profile analysis, four stress profiles were identified: “low stress group” (22.4%), “high stress group” (37.1%), “microsystem stress group” (18.8%), and “self-related stress group” (21.7%). Gender, grade, and left-behind status showed significant profile membership. Learning anxiety scores differed significantly according to stress profile, while cultural stress and physical-psychological stress had a greater relationship with learning anxiety. Conclusion The results of this study classified stressors into four profiles, revealing the importance of microsystem and self-related factors on anxiety and verifying the association of external environmental factors and internal cognitive regulation between emotions.
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spelling doaj-art-b645b95388ee4ad6bc185f37a3ca7e212025-08-20T03:06:36ZengBMCBMC Psychology2050-72832025-07-0113111010.1186/s40359-025-02817-7Relationship between stressors and learning anxiety among Chinese adolescent students during global pandemic: a latent profile analysisDaojun Wang0Zhifang Guo1Xinying Cheng2Yiru Jiang3Shenghong Dong4School of Education, Jiangxi Normal UniversitySchool of Education Science, Shangrao Normal UniversitySchool of Education Science, Shangrao Normal UniversitySchool of Education Science, Shangrao Normal UniversitySchool of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal UniversityAbstract Background Stress is closely associated with emotions among adolescents. There are many criteria in stressors, but few studies have been conducted to classify dimensions of stressors such as adolescents’ family environment and physical-psychological feeling. This study used latent profile analysis to explore the relationship between stress and learning anxiety among Chinese adolescent students during global pandemic such as the COVID-19. Methods Chinese adolescents (n = 1145) in middle and high school completed stress and learning anxiety questionnaires. Results Using the latent profile analysis, four stress profiles were identified: “low stress group” (22.4%), “high stress group” (37.1%), “microsystem stress group” (18.8%), and “self-related stress group” (21.7%). Gender, grade, and left-behind status showed significant profile membership. Learning anxiety scores differed significantly according to stress profile, while cultural stress and physical-psychological stress had a greater relationship with learning anxiety. Conclusion The results of this study classified stressors into four profiles, revealing the importance of microsystem and self-related factors on anxiety and verifying the association of external environmental factors and internal cognitive regulation between emotions.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02817-7StressorsLearning anxietyLatent profile analysisGlobal pandemic
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Yiru Jiang
Shenghong Dong
Relationship between stressors and learning anxiety among Chinese adolescent students during global pandemic: a latent profile analysis
BMC Psychology
Stressors
Learning anxiety
Latent profile analysis
Global pandemic
title Relationship between stressors and learning anxiety among Chinese adolescent students during global pandemic: a latent profile analysis
title_full Relationship between stressors and learning anxiety among Chinese adolescent students during global pandemic: a latent profile analysis
title_fullStr Relationship between stressors and learning anxiety among Chinese adolescent students during global pandemic: a latent profile analysis
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between stressors and learning anxiety among Chinese adolescent students during global pandemic: a latent profile analysis
title_short Relationship between stressors and learning anxiety among Chinese adolescent students during global pandemic: a latent profile analysis
title_sort relationship between stressors and learning anxiety among chinese adolescent students during global pandemic a latent profile analysis
topic Stressors
Learning anxiety
Latent profile analysis
Global pandemic
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02817-7
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