Psychological Endurance, Anxiety, and Coping Style among Journalists Engaged in Emergency Events: Evidence from China

During reports of emergency events, journalists experience psychological crisis and negative emotions aroused by the events. The psychological endurance of journalists, which is induced by high risks of the career, has attracted widespread attention. Emotional state and coping style are important factors that influ-ence the psychological endurance of individuals. This study aimed to analyze the relationship of psychological endurance with anxiety and coping style among journalists engaged in emergency events. A total of 296 journalists in Hubei Province of China who participated in reports on emergency events from August to December 2017 were selected. Journalists were assessed using the Psychological Endur-ance Scale, Self-rating Anxiety Scale, and Simple Coping Style Questionnaire. The total score of the psychological endurance of journalists engaged in emergency events is slightly lower than that of the Chinese norm. Score of anxiety of highly educated journalists is significantly higher than that of lowly educated journalists. Psychological endurance of journalists is negatively correlated with negative coping style and anxiety, but it is positively correlated with positive coping style. Positive coping style of jour-nalists engaged in emergency events partially mediates the effects of psychological endurance on anxiety. Among journalists engaged in emergency events, the highly educated group presents obvious anx-iety and negative coping style. Psychological endurance indirectly affects through positive coping style and di-rectly affects anxiety of journalists.