A study on the impact of mental health problems on the academic buoyancy of medical students and the mechanisms.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To analyze the effects of different family environmental backgrounds and mental health problems on academic buoyancy and to explore the potential mechanisms of their effects, using a sample of 2085 medical students in Jiangsu province. Methods: Using the multiple linear regression to analyze the impact of mental health problems on academic buoyancy in different family environment contexts. Results: (1) Higher family income and parental literacy implied higher levels of academic buoyancy in children; (2) mental health problems and academic buoyancy were negatively related, and generalized anxiety and uncertainty stress negatively predicted academic buoyancy levels; (3) uncertainty stress may have an indirect effect on academic buoyancy levels through a partially mediating effect of generalized anxiety.