The bidirectional relationship between positive mental health and social rhythm in college students
- Social rhythm refers to the general regularity of engaging in basic social activities during the week, and was found to be associated with individuals’ positive mental health. The present study investigated the relationship between social rhythm and emotional well-being in a cohort of 2,031 college students over 3 years with a cross-lagged longitudinal panel design. Results revealed that regularity of social rhythm positively predicted emotional well-being in the following year, and vice versa, when the level of both factors in the previous year was controlled. Our study provides evidence of a longitudinal positive reciprocal relationship between social rhythm and positive mental health in younger adult populations.
| Author: | Dan CaiGND, Meixia ZhuGND, Muyu LinORCiDGND, Xiao Chi ZhangGND, Jürgen MargrafORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-59160 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01119 |
| Parent Title (English): | Frontiers in psychology |
| Subtitle (English): | a three-year longitudinal study |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2018/07/12 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2017/06/30 |
| Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
| Tag: | Open Access Fonds college students; cross-lagged panel analysis; longitudinal study; positive mental health; social rhythm |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| First Page: | 1119-1 |
| Last Page: | 1119-7 |
| Note: | Article Processing Charge funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
| Institutes/Facilities: | Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum für psychische Gesundheit |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | Philosophie und Psychologie / Psychologie |
| open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
| faculties: | Fakultät für Psychologie |
| Licence (English): |  Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0 - Attribution 4.0 International |
