Longitudinal prediction of positive and negative mental health in Germany, Russia, and China
- The present study examines a broad range of longitudinal predictors of dimensional positive mental health (PMH) and negative mental health (NMH), using data from the BOOM study. Participants were drawn from university student samples in Germany (1,608), Russia (677) and China (12,057). A structural equation model was conducted with four groups of predictors and PMH/NMH as criteria (outcomes). Five of the six salutogenic predictors were predictive of both positive mental health (positively) and negative mental health, as measured by depression (negatively). Pathogenic predictors anxiety and depression were related to future depression, but not to positive mental health. Stress at baseline was related to both future positive mental health (negatively) and future depression (positively). Being male in this study was associated with increased future depression. Results hold across Germany, Russia, and China. Results support the conceptualization of positive and negative mental health as related, but independent dimensions across three cultures.
| Author: | Jürgen MargrafORCiDGND, Xiao Chi ZhangGND, Kristen Lee LavalleeORCiDGND, Silvia SchneiderORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-76841 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234997 |
| Parent Title (English): | PLoS ONE |
| Publisher: | PLoS |
| Place of publication: | San Francisco |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2020/11/27 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2020/06/23 |
| Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
| Tag: | Open Access Fonds |
| Volume: | 15 |
| Issue: | 6, Article e0234997 |
| First Page: | e0234997-1 |
| Last Page: | e0234997-19 |
| 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 |
| Fakultät für Psychologie, Klinische Psychologie & Psychotherapie | |
| Sonderforschungsbereich 1280, A13 - Extinktion im therapeutischen Kontext | |
| open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
| faculties: | Fakultät für Psychologie |
| Licence (English): |  Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0 - Attribution 4.0 International |
