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The Relationship between College Student's Social Development Level and Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Alexithymia and the Gender Difference

TANG Huiyi, CHEN Qian, WU Junhua   

  1. School of Educational Science, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang 550018
  • Published:2021-09-23

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Abstract: To explore the relationship between social development level and mental health of college students, and to provide basis for improving the mental health level of college students, a questionnaire survey is conducted among 390 the college students by using Social development rating scale for college students,Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS-20) and General health questionnaire (GHQ-12). Results showed that:(1) Social development level of college students can significantly predict mental health; (2) Alexithymia partial mediation the effect of social development level on mental health; (3) Gender moderation the effect of social development level on mental health. Mental health workers should pay attention to the training of college students' social skills and ability of emotion recognition and regulation, as well as gender differences.

Key words: social development, alexithymia, gender, mental health

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  • B844
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