Does Involution Cause Anxiety? An Empirical Study from Chinese Universities

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15460366
AutoresDa Yi (0000-0003-0453-3333, South China Normal University), Jingwen Wu (0000-0003-0939-511X, South China Normal University), Minqiang Zhang (0000-0002-6855-8671, South China Normal University, autor correspondente), Qing Zeng (0000-0002-7471-4941, South China Normal University), Jinqing Wang (0000-0003-2093-1673, South China Normal University), Jingdan Liang (South China Normal University), Yashi Cai (South China Normal University)
Ano2022
Volume19
Fascículo16
Páginas9826-9826
Data de publicação2022-08-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph19169826
PMID36011462
OpenAlexW4293778242
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas30
Referências citadas9

The debate over whether involution causes anxiety has persisted because no studies have attempted to quantify introversion and study its relationship to anxiety. This study quantified involution and explored its relationship with anxiety, provided evidence about whether involution was related to anxiety, and created a foundation for other scholars to carry out research on involution. Interviews and questionnaires were conducted to investigate the characteristics of 535 Chinese college students' involution behavior and its relationship with anxiety. We found that involution was not necessarily positively related to anxiety. The specific results were as follows: (1) The involution behavior of the Chinese college students could be divided into three types: the passive involution, reward-oriented involution, and achievement-motivated involution; (2) Significant differences in the involvement of involution existed at the college level; (3) Three motivations that resulted in involution, from primary to secondary, were achievement-motivation, reward-orientation, and passive engagement; and (4) Passive involution, reward-oriented involution, and the total scores for the involution behavior of the college students were significantly and positively correlated with anxiety. Among the three types of involution behavior, the college students' passive involution had a significant and positive predictive effect on their anxiety, while achievement-motivated involution had a significant and negative predictive effect

Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Involution (esoterism · Psychiatry · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Medicine · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Neuroscience · Psychology