Relationship among Need for Cognitive Closure and Need for Control in College Students during the Epidemic of COVID-19:the Mediating role of Tolerance of Ambiguity
In order to explore the relationship between the need for cognitive closure and need for control
in college students during the epidemic of COVID-19, and the mediating effect of tolerance of ambiguity
in era of mobile internet. 106 college students in a university in Shandong Province were investigated
by using the Cognitive Closure Scale, Tolerance of Ambiguity Scale and Questionnaire on the Need
for Control during the epidemic of COVID-19. The results are as follows: (1) During the epidemic of
COVID-19, college students’ need for cognitive closure has a significantly positive correlation with need
for control; moreover need for cognitive closure has a significantly negative with tolerance of ambiguity
and tolerance of ambiguity has a significantly negative correlation with need for control. (2) Tolerance of
ambiguity can completely mediate the path from need for cognitive to need for control.