The Impacts of Existential Anxiety on Adolescents’ Mental Health and Its Coping Approaches

作者：Jinyi Shang, Houyu Zhou, Kai Zheng, Jun Wang · 发表于：Theory and Practice of Psychological Counseling · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.35534/tppc.0709072 · 研究领域：Health and Well-being Studies、Resilience and Mental Health、Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research

Existential anxiety is an emotional state that arises when human beings face dilemmas related to their own existence. It is inevitable and significant to a certain extent, as no one can completely avoid it.. Existential anxiety is closely associated with adolescents’ mental health, influencing their self-identity development and expressions of extreme negative emotions. Either excessively high or excessively low of existential anxiety in adolescents are detrimental to their mental health development. Effective coping strategies can be implemented from four perspectives: society, school, family, and the individual themselves. This helps maintain existential anxiety at an appropriate level, thereby promoting the mental health development of adolescents.