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Abstract：
Anxiety is a common mental health problem among university students, and identification of its risk or associated factors and revelation of the underlying mechanism will be useful for making proper intervention strategies. The aim of our study is to test the sequential mediation of self-efficacy and perceived stress in the association between stressors in university life and anxiety symptoms.
A cross-sectional study design was adopted and a sample of 512 international students from a medical university of China completed the survey with measurements of stressors in university life, self-efficacy, perceived stress and anxiety symptoms.
We found that 28.71% of the international students had anxiety symptoms, and stressors in university life were positively associated with anxiety symptoms (β = 0.23, t = 5.83, p < 0.01). Moreover, sequential mediating role of self-efficacy and perceived stress in the association between the stressors and anxiety symptoms was revealed.
Our study provided a new perspective on how to maintain the mental health, which suggested that self-efficacy improvement and stress reduction strategies should be incorporated in the training programs to support students.
A cross-sectional study design was adopted and a sample of 512 international students from a medical university of China completed the survey with measurements of stressors in university life, self-efficacy, perceived stress and anxiety symptoms.
We found that 28.71% of the international students had anxiety symptoms, and stressors in university life were positively associated with anxiety symptoms (β = 0.23, t = 5.83, p < 0.01). Moreover, sequential mediating role of self-efficacy and perceived stress in the association between the stressors and anxiety symptoms was revealed.
Our study provided a new perspective on how to maintain the mental health, which suggested that self-efficacy improvement and stress reduction strategies should be incorporated in the training programs to support students.
摘要：
焦虑是大学生普遍存在的心理健康问题,识别其风险或相关因素以及揭示潜在机制将有助于制定适当的干预策略。我们研究的目的是测试大学生活中压力源与焦虑症状之间的关系中自我效能感和感知压力的顺序中介。
采用了横断面研究设计，来自中国医科大学的512名国际学生的样本完成了这项调查，并测量了大学生活中的压力源，自我效能感,感知到的压力和焦虑症状。
我们发现28.71%的国际学生有焦虑症状,大学生活压力源与焦虑症状呈正相关(β=0.23,t=5.83,p<0.01)。此外，揭示了自我效能感和感知压力在压力源和焦虑症状之间的相关性中的顺序中介作用。
我们的研究为如何保持心理健康提供了新的视角，建议在培训计划中纳入自我效能感的提高和减轻压力的策略，以支持学生。
采用了横断面研究设计，来自中国医科大学的512名国际学生的样本完成了这项调查，并测量了大学生活中的压力源，自我效能感,感知到的压力和焦虑症状。
我们发现28.71%的国际学生有焦虑症状,大学生活压力源与焦虑症状呈正相关(β=0.23,t=5.83,p<0.01)。此外，揭示了自我效能感和感知压力在压力源和焦虑症状之间的相关性中的顺序中介作用。
我们的研究为如何保持心理健康提供了新的视角，建议在培训计划中纳入自我效能感的提高和减轻压力的策略，以支持学生。
