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Abstract
Background
Entering university is a big change in life. It can cause a lot of stress for new students. Stress can affect their mental health in a negative way. Mental health literacy is the knowledge and skills to deal with mental health issues. It can help new students cope better with stress and improve their mental health.
Objective
To investigate the status of mental health literacy, overall adaptation, and mental health of university freshers, and to explore the influence of mental health literacy on the overall adaptation and mental health, as well as the mediating role of overall adaptation.
Methods
The undergraduate freshers of 2022 from a comprehensive university in Henan Province were selected as the research participants using a cluster sampling method and were investigated by the general information questionnaire, mental health literacy scale (MHLS), the university student overall adaptation questionnaire (CSOAQ) and university personality inventory (UPI).
Results
(1) The detection rate of mental health problems among freshers was 22.39%, and the mental health literacy (112.26 ± 9.66), overall adaptation (3.93 ± 0.93), mental health (10.90 ± 10.51) of freshers had significant differences in demographic variables. (2) Mental health literacy was significantly positively correlated with overall adaptation and mental health, and overall adaptation was significantly positively correlated with mental health. (3) Overall adaptation plays a mediating role in the impact of mental health literacy on mental health. (4) Gender plays a moderating role in the effects of overall adaptation on mental health.
Conclusion
The mental health literacy of university freshers could not only directly predict their mental health but also indirectly affect their mental health through overall adaptation, which is more significant among women.
Data Sharing Statement
The application employed in this manuscript are freely available. Please contact the corresponding authors for more details.
Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate
This study were reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Psychology and Behavior (numbered as 20221010003). All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This study did not use clinical/personal patient data. Administrative permissions and/or licenses for accessing clinical/personal patient data were not acquired. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
Acknowledgments
Jinpei Song and Kai Feng are co-first authors for this study. We are grateful for the support from our families.
Disclosure
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.