Neuroticism, perceived stress, psychological resilience, and pre-dive state anxiety in professional divers: a cross-sectional study
Houyu Zhao, Longfei Wang, Shi Zhang, Yan Wang, Wei Ding, Nan Zhao, Xuhua Yu, Yiqun Fang · 2026
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Houyu Zhao and seven colleagues published this 2026 survey study of anxiety in professional divers just before a dive. Diving demands steady nerves and fast judgment in a safety-critical setting. Three hundred divers in China completed questionnaires on personality, stress, and resilience in early 2026. A short form, filled in that day, measured state anxiety just before a scheduled dive. The analysis kept two hundred seventy-seven complete responses.
A personality trait called neuroticism, the tendency toward negative feelings, tracked state anxiety strongly. Felt stress added its own link on top of personality. Resilience pointed the other way, pairing with lower anxiety. Resilience did not soften the direct personality-to-anxiety link, yet it weakened the paths through felt stress. Average anxiety sat in a low-to-moderate band, which the authors warn is not illness. They call for repeated-measures studies to sort out cause and effect.
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| CREATOR | Houyu Zhao, Longfei Wang, Shi Zhang, Yan Wang, Wei Ding, Nan Zhao, Xuhua Yu, Yiqun Fang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44921 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |