Stress mindset, coping strategies, and well-being of secondary students in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic

The present study explored the association between stress mindset and well-being of students during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic. The study also sought to examine how the relationship between students' stress-mindset and well-being can be mediated by students' coping strategies. T...

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Published in:Educational psychology (Dorchester-on-Thames) 2023-05, Vol.43 (5), p.491-508
Main Authors: Caleon, Imelda S., Kadir, Munirah Binte Shaik, Tan, Chee Soon, Chua, Jenny, Ilham, Nur Qamarina Binte
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adolescents
Anxiety
Coping
coping strategies
Correlation
COVID-19
Depression (Psychology)
Educational psychology
Foreign Countries
Measures (Individuals)
Mental health
pandemic
Pandemics
Secondary School Students
Singapore
Stress
stress mindset
Stress Variables
Student Attitudes
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Well Being
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Summary:The present study explored the association between stress mindset and well-being of students during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic. The study also sought to examine how the relationship between students' stress-mindset and well-being can be mediated by students' coping strategies. The study applied a cross-sectional survey design, with secondary students (N = 617) from Singapore as participants. The results of parallel mediation analyses suggest that students who endorse a stress-is-enhancing mindset also tend to apply engagement coping strategies and that the use of such coping strategies serve as a potential mediator of the relationship between the students' stress-is-enhancing mindset and well-being. The stress-is-debilitating mindset was found to have a positive relationship with depressive symptoms; this relationship was not significantly mediated by coping. The findings suggest that endorsing a stress-is-enhancing mindset, along with the use of engagement coping, may serve as a protective factor to promote adolescents' well-being when experiencing high stress.
ISSN:0144-3410
1469-5820
DOI:10.1080/01443410.2023.2231668