Resilience and anxiety of new recruits in the Chinese military during COVID-19: Social support as a mediator

Authors

  • Fei Cao

    Department of Sociology, School of Law, Jiangnan University

  • Bingbing Wang

    Aviation University of Air Force

  • Juan Li

    Department of Sociology, School of Law, Jiangnan University

  • Zhibing Yang

    Department of Military and Political Training, Armored Force Academy of Army

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.12638
Keywords:
new military recruits, anxiety, psychological resilience, social support, COVID-19, Chinese military
Abstract

We investigated the mediating effect of social support in the relationship between the resilience and anxiety of new recruits to the Chinese military during COVID-19. We conducted a routine psychological assessment of 665 new recruits and the results indicated that resilience had a negative impact on anxiety symptoms and that social support mediated this association. Our findings suggest that improving the resilience of new recruits and strengthening their social support systems during the COVID-19 pandemic could effectively reduce their anxiety and improve their psychological health during the military adaptation period.

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Published
2023-09-06
Issue
Vol. 51 No. 9 (2023)
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