Network characteristics of emotional resilience, anxiety, and depression among Chinese adolescents and their gender differences.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the network structure of emotional resilience and anxiety-depressive symptoms in adolescents and identify gender differences in these networks.

Method

A convenience sample of students from 21 middle schools in Jingzhou City was recruited for an online questionnaire survey. Emotional resilience, anxiety, and depression symptoms were assessed using the Adolescents' Emotional Resilience Questionnaire, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), respectively. Network analysis was performed to construct a model of emotional resilience dimensions (GP: generate positive emotion, RN: recover from negativity) and anxiety-depressive symptoms, with key features identified via expected influence (EI) and bridge expected infl

SUBMITTER: Liu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12479411 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature