The Chain Mediating Effect of Socialist Core Values and Positive Psychological Capital on Relationship Between Meaning in Life and Crisis Vulnerability

Objective: To explore the relationship between the sense of meaning in life and crisis vulnerability of undergraduate nursing student and the chain mediating effect of socialist core value identification and positive psychological capital on the relationship between the two. Methods: A total of 330 undergraduate nursing students (M±SD = 19.68±1.31 years old) from traditional Chinese medicine colleges in Yunnan ethnic minority areas were measured bythe Sense of Life Scale, Socialist Core Values Identity Scale, Sense of Life Scale and Crisis Vulnerability Questionnaire. Results: The sense of meaning in life was negatively correlated with crisis vulnerability, positively correlated with socialist core values identification and positive psychological capital, negatively correlated with crisis vulnerability, positively correlated with socialist core values identification and positive psychological capital, and positively correlated with socialist core values identification. The chain mediation effect analysis shows that the sense of meaning in life can predict crisis vulnerability through three indirect pathways: the mediating effect of socialist core value identification, the mediating effect of positive psychological capital, and the chain mediating effect of socialist core values and positive psychological capital. Conclusion: The sense of meaning in life may be a remote variable of the crisis vulnerability of undergraduate nursing students, which can reduce individual crisis vulnerability by enhancing the level of socialist core value identification and positive psychological capital.