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This study aimed to evaluate resilience and depression as mediators of the relationship between distress rumination and SSIB among Chinese college athletes infected with COVID-19.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants from the National College Football Championship in Guangxi City, China from January to February 2023. Participants completed the Ruminative Responses Scale (RRS), a subscale of the Health-Risk Behavior Inventory (HBI), the Mental Toughness Index (MTI) and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). We used the PROCESS macro for SPSS to determine the mediating effect of resilience and depression between distress rumination and SSIB.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 350 Chinese college athletes participated in this study and completed the questionnaire survey. 289 (81.7% boys; <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>age<\/jats:sub> =\u200920.31\u2009years, <jats:italic>SD<\/jats:italic> =\u20091.60) of them have been infected with COVID-19. 59.9% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> =\u2009173) participants were from urban areas and 15.6% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> =\u200945) of participants have engaged in self-injurious behaviors or suicidal ideation. College athletes\u2019 distress rumination was significantly negatively correlated with resilience (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u2212 0.28, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01), and was significantly positively correlated with depression (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.49, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01) and SSIB (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u2212 0.18, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01). Resilience was significantly negatively correlated with depression (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u2212 0.35, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01) and SSIB (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u2212 0.30, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01). Finally, depression was significantly positively correlated with SSIB (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u2212 0.38, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01). Resilience and depression played a mediating role of the total effects of distress rumination and SSIB, respectively. Meanwhile, the chain mediating effect of resilience and depression was also significant.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study found that distress rumination can directly predict SSIB, and indirectly predict SSIB through the mediating effect of resilience and depression, and the chain mediating effect of resilience-depression. Therefore, reducing the degree of distress rumination of college athletes infected by COVID-19 and improving their resilience, as well as reducing their depression may help prevent SSIB.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyt.2023.1219867","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,9]],"date-time":"2023-08-09T07:23:31Z","timestamp":1691565811000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Exploring the relationship between distress rumination, resilience, depression, and self-injurious behaviors among Chinese college athletes infected with COVID-19: a cross-sectional 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