The relationship between self-control and social adaptation in university students: chain-mediated effects of positive core schema and stress perception

In order to explore the influence of self-control on college students' social adaptation and its mechanism of action, the Self-Control Inventory, the Brief Positive Core Schema Scale, the Stress Perception Scale, and the Chinese College Students' Adaptation Scale were used to investigate 679 college students. The results revealed that: (1) self-control was significantly and positively correlated with the Positive Core Schema; the Positive Core Schema was negatively correlated with Stress Perception and positively correlated with Social Adaptation; Stress Perception was negatively correlated with Social Adaptation; (2) the Positive Core Schema and Stress Perception not only partially mediated the relationship between self-control and Social Adaptation respectively, but also played a chain-mediated role between the two. The study reveals the relationship between self-control and social adaptation of college students and its mechanism of action, expands the influencing factors of college students' social adaptation, and has certain practical significance for the mental health work of college students.