Coping style mediates the relationship between psychological capital and depression among senior high school students

• Zhongmin Zhu

  School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, and Lab for Educational Big Data and Policymaking, Shanghai Academy of Educational Science

• Biao Sang

  Lab for Educational Big Data and Policymaking, Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences, and School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University

• Wanfen Chen

  Suzhou University of Science and Technology

• Junsheng Liu

  East China Normal University

We explored the mediating effect of coping style in the relationship between psychological capital and depression in a sample of 367 senior high school students from Shanghai, China. We measured their psychological capital, coping style, and depression using the Psychological Capital Questionnaire for Adolescent Students, the Trait Coping Style Questionnaire, and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. The results show that psychological capital and positive coping were significantly and positively correlated, psychological capital and positive coping were significantly and negatively related to negative coping and depression, and negative coping and depression were significantly and positively correlated. After controlling for school type, grade, and gender, both positive and negative coping styles mediated the association between psychological capital and depression. The results indicate the importance of high levels of psychological capital and positive coping for preventing and alleviating depression in senior high school students.

1. Wanfen Chen, Suzhou University of Science and Technology
   School of Education
2. Junsheng Liu, East China Normal University
   School of Psychology and Cognitive Science

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