THE ANALYSIS OF MINDFULNESS REGULATION MECHANISM AND MEDIATING MODEL OF FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION IN FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS’ ANXIETY BASED ON MATHEMATICAL STATISTICAL BIAS TESTING
Ningning Zhu, Guodong Zhang
Veredas do Direito Direito Ambiental e Desenvolvimento Sustentável May 25, 2026 DOI: 10.18623/rvd.v23.6409 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational cross-sectional survey Peer reviewed |
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| Sample size | 350 |
| Population | Female college students from two universities in Guangdong Province |
| Measures | Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ), Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (BFNES) |
| Topics | Anxiety Meditation |
| Key findings | Mindfulness negatively predicts anxiety among female college students, and this relationship is mediated by negative coping styles and fear of negative evaluation, which act as chain mediators. Statistical bias testing confirmed the robustness and significance of these mediation effects. |
Abstract
This study aims to delve into the regulation mechanism of mindfulness on anxiety among female college students. Special attention is paid to the chain-mediating effects of negative coping styles and fear of negative evaluation in this process, which is analyzed based on the method of mathematical statistical bias testing. Methods: Drawing on social cognitive theory, this study selected 350 female college students from two universities in Guangdong Province as the research sample. Data were collected using the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ), and the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (BFNES). In the data analysis phase, descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and regression analysis were conducted using SPSS 26.0 software. Additionally, the PROCESS macro program was utilized for mediation effect analysis, with the specific introduction of mathematical statistical bias testing to assess the stability and reliability of the mediation effects. The findings indicate that mindfulness exerts a multifaceted influence on anxiety among female college students. The results of mathematical statistical bias testing further confirm the robustness and significance of these mediation effects.
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