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Research on the Cultivation of Positive Psychology of College Students in the Post-Epidemic Era

Author(s)

Ruibing Zhou, Cancan Pei, Ye Zhang*

Affiliation(s)

Sichuan University of Science & Engineering, Zigong, Sichuan, China *Corresponding Author.

Abstract

In the post-epidemic era, the dissemination of media information plays a vital role in cultivating college students’ positive psychology. This article takes college students as the survey group to explore the impact of college students' exposure to and understanding of information in the post-epidemic era. It was found that college students have differences in source trust and media usage preferences at the cognitive level, and they tend to use information released by the government and mainstream media. Regarding the interpretation of epidemic information, there is a cognitive-emotional ambiguity in attitude changes, but the degree of ambiguity is generally low. A positive and rational attitude will increase their sharing behavior. The longer one is immersed in epidemic information, the more significant the impact on his sharing behavior.

Keywords

COVID-19 Epidemic; College Students; Positive Psychology; Bifurcated Attitudes

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