China’s independent examination and enrollment of disabled students: the effect of perfectionism on social anxiety among deaf college students
摘要
The Independent Examination and Enrollment of Disabled Students is a distinctive higher education policy tailored to China’s unique social and educational context. Nevertheless, mental health issues among deaf college students remain under-researched within this context. This study examines the mediating role of rumination between negative perfectionism and social anxiety as well as the moderating role of positive perfectionism. Data were collected using a questionnaire survey of 398 deaf college students across China. They voluntarily completed validated measures of perfectionism, rumination, and social anxiety. Data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software packages. Participants exhibited high positive perfectionism, moderate negative perfectionism, and moderate social anxiety. Negative perfectionism positively predicted social anxiety, partially mediated by rumination. Positive perfectionism functioned as a conditional moderator, negatively moderated the positive predictive effect of negative perfectionism on social anxiety (i.e., attenuating rather than eliminating the predictive effect of negative perfectionism). The findings provide empirical evidence on the mechanism through which perfectionism influences social anxiety among deaf college students and can inform potential interventions aiming to alleviate social anxiety in this population.