A Study of Competitive Attitudes, Anxiety Levels and Social Support among University Students

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10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_265How to use a DOI?

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University Students' Competitive Attitudes; Anxiety Levels; Social Support; Involution

Abstract

Since the Reform and Opening-up, as the education quality in China has risen dramatically, the expansion of universities and the focus of society on higher education has led to an increasing number of university students and growing competitive pressures, resulting in higher levels of social anxiety and mental health problems. For university students, excessive competition attitudes may cause anxiety and even mental illness, and social support can play a moderating role in helping them to regulate their attitudes to competition and alleviate their anxiety. Therefore, the article uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to understand the competitive attitudes, anxiety levels and social support of university students. On this basis, the article explores the interaction mechanisms between the three concepts. The results of this study are as follows: (1) Although the quantitative analysis showed that the impact of competitive attitudes on anxiety levels is weak, it was found that university students with positive competitive attitudes still felt a certain amount of anxiety in the qualitative results. (2) Excessive competitive attitudes lead to high-level of anxiety. (3) Families, peer groups and other specific individuals are various types of social support, which make different effects on students. (4) The scarce or low utilization of social support is the main reason why university students have chronically high levels of anxiety and tend to exhibit overly competitive attitudes.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yaxuan Liu
AU  - Jiayuan Sun
AU  - Zhao Zhang
AU  - Yan Li
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/30
TI  - A Study of Competitive Attitudes, Anxiety Levels and Social Support among University Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 2302
EP  - 2315
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_265
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_265
ID  - Liu2022
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