The Impact of Rural Revitalization Policies on the Psychological Capital of Elite College Students in China: The Mediating Role of Meaning in

Abstract

To explore the mechanism by which the rural revitalization strategy affects the psychological capital of outstanding college students, this study selected outstanding college students from universities in City A and City B as the research subjects. The "Rural Revitalization Policy Scale", "Positive Psychological Capital Scale", and "Life Meaning Scale" were used as research tools to conduct questionnaire surveys on the students of the two schools. The demographic variable characteristics of college students' life meaning and college students' psychological capital were analyzed, and further, through correlation analysis and regression analysis, the relationship mechanism among college students' positive psychological capital, rural revitalization strategy, and life meaning was explored. Finally, the mediating effect of life meaning on the rural revitalization policy and psychological capital was verified. According to the research results, it was found that there is a significant positive correlation between rural revitalization policies, psychological capital, and life meaning. Rural revitalization policies and life meaning have significant positive predictive effects on college students' psychological capital. The mediation effect analysis revealed that the life meaning experience and life meaning seeking in life meaning were significantly mediating in rural revitalization policies and psychological capital, with the mediation effect accounting for 24.24% and 4.55%, respectively.