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Psychology: Techniques and Application ›› 2025, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (8): 477-485.

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Relationship Between Negative Life Events and Meaning in Life Among College Students: The Role of Social Anxiety and Belief in a Just World

  

  • Accepted:2025-06-05 Online:2025-07-30 Published:2025-07-30

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In order to explore the influence mechanism of negative life events on meaning in life of college students, 1164 college students were investigated with the Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Check List, Meaning in Life Questionnaire, Interaction Anxiety Scale and Belief in a Just World Scale. The results showed that: (1) Negative life events are significantly positively correlated with social anxiety and significantly negatively with meaning in life, belief in a just world were significantly positively with meaning in life; (2) Negative life events influences meaning in life through the mediating effect of social anxiety; (3) Belief in a just world significantly and negatively moderates the link between social anxiety and meaning in life only for males. The current study reveals the internal mechanism of the influence of negative life events on meaning in life, and provides reference and intervention suggestions for elevating meaning in life of college students.

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