Journal of Guangxi Teachers Education University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition) ›› 2019, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (6): 83-90.doi: 10.16088/j.issn.1001-6597.2019.06.009

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The Influence and Mechanism of Optimism on College Students’ Health

YU Xin-xin1,ZHANG Yue1,ZHENG Xue2   

  1. 1.College of Education,Guangxi Normal University,Guilin 541004;
    2.School of Philosophy,South China Normal University,Guangzhou 510631,China
  • Received:2019-07-13 Published:2020-01-17

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to explore the influence and mechanism of 4 objects namely optimism, health-related behavior, disease susceptibility, and depression on the health of college students. And 1316 college students were tested with questionnaires designed each on these objects. The structural equation model was established with LISREL8.7 to test their relationships. The findings are as follows: 1) optimism has no direct effect on health status; its indirect influence is made through the complete intermediary of depression, disease susceptibility, behaviors either promoting or damaging health; 2) through disease susceptibility and health damaging behavior can be predicted health directly and negatively; 3) through health promoting behavior, health can be predicted directly and positively, and vise versa. 4) optimism negative helps predict depression, and depression positive disease susceptibility. Here comes the conclusion: all 4 objects selected have important influence on the health of college students, and the first finding of the research is verified.

Key words: health of college students, optimism, depression, disease susceptibility, health promoting behavior, health damaging behavior

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