INTERNATIONAL BACHELOR DEGREE

PROGRAM AT NATIONAL ECONOMICS

UNIVERSITY

A research on effects of overthinking

on IBD students

Name Pham Thi Nhat Hong

Le Hai Long
Do Trung Dung
Hoang Thi Thu Hong
ID 1023008
1023006
10220946
10220961
Class 19S1
Instructor Dr. Tuong Thi Phuong Lien

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 Acknowledgement

We would like to express our gratitude to our instructor, Dr. Tuong Thi Phuong

Lien, who always been willing to give thoughtful recommendations. We also all

IBD@NEU students who provided information for us to complete our research. We want

to give our best regard and best wishes to Dr. Tuong Thi Phuong Lien and all students.

Thanks for your help!

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Contents

Chapter I. Introduction..............................................................................................5

1.1. Background...................................................................................................5

1.2. Rationale.......................................................................................................5

1.3. Research questions........................................................................................6

1.4. Research method and Scope.........................................................................6

Collecting the primary data method..................................................................6

Collecting the secondary data method...............................................................6

Chapter II. Literature Review....................................................................................7

2.1 Definition of overthinking................................................................................7

2.2 Kinds of overthinking.......................................................................................7

2.3 The effects of overthinking..............................................................................8

2.4 The causes of overthinking..............................................................................9

Chapter III. Analysis and Major Findings...............................................................10

3.1. The reality of overthinking on IBD students.................................................11

3.2. The effects of overthinking on IBD students................................................14

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 3.3. The reasons of overthinking on IBD students...............................................15

3.4. The solutions to remove overthinking on IBD students................................17

Chapter IV: Recommendation.................................................................................19

Chapter V: Conclusion............................................................................................19

References...............................................................................................................19

Table of chart...........................................................................................................21

Appendix.................................................................................................................22

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Topic: A research on effects of overthinking on IBD students

Chapter I. Introduction
1.1. Background
Positive energy brings impressive achievement, which is able to help people
be more productive and creative. However, the number of IBD students who have
too much negative thinking, and this tendency significantly affects their lives.
Overthinking is a common problem that affects many people and can be defined as
a process of constantly analyzing and scrutinizing a situation beyond what is
necessary or productive. While some degree of reflection and analysis is healthy,
overthinking can lead to a range of negative outcomes, including increased stress,
anxiety, and indecision. In this research, we will explore the causes and effects of
overthinking, as well as some strategies for coping with and reducing it.

1.2. Rationale
Modern life has become increasingly busy, with people working more and
facing more challenges in their daily lives. As a result, mental health issues are
becoming more common, particularly among young people aged 18-24. One
common issue is overthinking, which is on the rise in the IBD student community.
This is an important topic for IBD students to understand.
Dr. Truong Hong Son, Director of the Institute of Applied Medicine of
Vietnam, explains that overthinking is not a mental illness, but it can be a symptom
of an underlying mental health problem. Over time, it can also weaken the immune
system. When someone is worried or stressed, the body's stress response is
triggered, which can create substances like cortisol that weaken the immune
system. (Toàn, 2023)

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 Despite the negative effects of overthinking, it is not receiving enough
attention from young IBD students. Additionally, research on the mental health and
overthinking of IBD students is limited. This study aims to address these
limitations by evaluating the level of anxiety and identifying the reasons behind
excessive negative thinking in IBD students. The results will provide a more
comprehensive understanding of the factors affecting individual psychology and
offer suggestions to help IBD students reduce overthinking.

1.3. Research questions

The research aims in answering three main questions:

 What are the current situations of overthinking in IBD students?

 What are the factors impacting the overthinking of such IBD students?
 What are the effects of overthinking on mental health and physical activities?
 What recommendations are effective to remove overthinking in IBD students?

1.4. Research method and Scope

Collecting the primary data method
Information is collected from survey handouts distributed to students of
IBD@National Economic University. All of these students have several things in
common: They all have their own decision.
Collecting the secondary data method
Secondary sources of information that the researcher will use from websites,
newspapers, available online information, research subject, and articles help me to
find factors of this issue. These questionnaires have 15 questions with more than
one choice or own opinion. The answerer does not need to fill in the information
about them.
Finally, we will collect the result after the answerer does a survey in 5 minutes.
After that data will be shown in chart form which clearly ways to have an overall.
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Chapter II. Literature Review
Nowadays, mental health has numerous attention from people, especially,
students want to know problems around overthinking. Having too much negative
thinking also has been mentioned by students, parents, and teachers because it has
numerous disadvantages. The research on effects of overthinking on students has
been carried out by the researchers to know the reality status, and various cause
behind this tendency.
2.1 Definition of overthinking
Overthinking is defined as that involves excessive thinking about a particular issue
or a specific situation for extended periods of time. It can lead to difficulty in keeping
concentration on other things, as the mind becomes consumed by one thing being thought
about (Morin, 2023). While numerous individuals hold the belief that overthinking is
beneficial since it involves examining an issue from various perspectives and anticipating
future outcomes, researchers suggest that overthinking is associated with negative moods
such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (Kaiser, 2015).
In general, "overthinking" refers to a pattern of unproductive, repetitive thinking.
Regardless of the terminology used, the concept pertains to constant thought loops that
lack resolution. Sarah Sperber explained that overthinking involves persistent thought
patterns that do not seem to lead to a conclusion (Sperber, 2023).

2.2 Kinds of overthinking

There are two main types of overthinking including ruminating and worrying.
Firstly, ruminating is a popular type of overthinking where people engage in involuntary
and compulsive thinking, causing them to become stuck in negative thought patterns and
uncomfortable emotions. Moreover, it involves repetitive thoughts about negative past
events, problems, or concerns that have already happened, and those thoughts can
become so overwhelming and excessive that people are unable to control or stop them.

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Secondly, worrying can be described as feelings of fear and anxiety, and due to
anticipating harmful events. Individuals may become fixated on minor details and lose
perspective on the larger picture, such as the low probability of a negative scenario
occurring and the high probability of being able to handle it effectively if it does occur
(Vanourek, 2023).

2.3 The effects of overthinking

Overthinking would bring several impacts analyzed in the study including
psychological and mental health problems.
Overthinking can have various negative effects on mental health, including
stress and anxiety. We found that overthinking one's faults, mistakes, and problems
increases the risk of developing mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, post-
traumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder (Michl, 2013). Furthermore,
negative thoughts, which cause emotions of despair and hopelessness, can also contribute
to depression. Results show that rumination and worry were the significant exposures for
making changes in mental health (Qasim, 2022). In fact, overthinking can also result in
mental exhaustion and burnout, impairing cognitive functions such as memory,
information processing, and creativity (Pardoe, 2020).
There are a lot of detrimental drawbacks of overthinking to physical health.
These include tension headaches, which are brought on by tight muscles in the scalp and
neck. Overthinking brought on by stress and anxiety can also lead to digestive problems
including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), acid reflux, and stomach ulcers. These
conditions can disrupt the digestive tract and produce inflammation. The immune system
can get weakened by overthinking, leaving it more vulnerable to ailments and diseases. In
addition, stress and muscular strain from overthinking can lead to persistent discomfort in
the back, neck, and shoulders (Metrinko, 2020). In addition, Anxious thoughts take your
body out of its resting state, making you more alert and awake. This leads to tossing and
turning while trying to sleep only to get poor quality sleep. People who died at a younger
age had significantly lower levels of a protein that quiets brain activity (DUTCHEN,

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2019). Extra thinking causes excess brain activity, which depletes the protein. Finally,
overthinking affects your social skills. When people spend more time negatively
speculating what others think of them, it often creates fear and avoidance of social
situations.

2.4 The causes of overthinking

There are several reasons why IBD students become overthinkers. This research
will analyze two primary factors, both external and internal.
We want to start by mapping out the external factors that contribute to the negative
thought chain. Firstly, overthinking is the result of a traumatic event. People who have
experienced trauma are more likely to show signs of overthinking. For example, if a
person was abused or neglected as a child, their brain could be permanently stuck in a
state of high alert. This implies that when we are in dangerous situations that could cause
harm, our fight-or-flight response is prepared and ready to go. Therefore, people who
have experienced trauma can become obsessive thinking in such circumstances.
Secondly, social networks develop like a storm, but content censorship still has many
holes, leading to rampant malicious content that affects users too much. It is a fact that
long-term exposure to harmful information can lead to depression, anxiety, and even loss
of confidence in life. From these feelings, social media users start thinking more about
the bad things that could happen to them. Furthermore, the negative impact of
cyberbullying on victims' mental health has been demonstrated. Victims feel cherished
and anxious due to their pervasive nature, pervasiveness, and long-term network
interactions (Dennehy, 2020). The third factor to mention is the family environment,
where physical and emotional activities greatly affect people's personality development,
especially young people. In fact, in families with people who have communication and
psychological problems, even being abused, their children often have eccentric actions or
unstable thoughts, and excessive anxiety. Next, negative feedback from parents is also a
premise for the timidity and anxiety of young people because instead of receiving
sympathy, they are always afraid of their parents' reprimands. Fourthly, we think that a

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part of freshmen when changing living and studying environments leads to thinking a lot.
They take a long time to balance finances, accommodation, and relationships and a lot of
problems arise, especially for students away from home, studying stressful majors like
Medicine (Dennehy, 2020). The last impact we want to mention is the advice of friends.
A good example shows that, when people introduce their lover to their close friends,
there will immediately be many opinions that they should break up with their love for
many reasons that are considered dangerous. It can be seen that under the pressure of
negative advice, people will constantly generate many doubts and fears, leading to
overthinking.
As the demonstration continues, the study will be able to discuss some internal
causes. The inability to manage negative emotions is a major cause of overthinking.
When encountering unsatisfactory things in life, many young people tend to think so
much about that problem that they lose sleep and eat, however, those thoughts do not
help solve the problem (Yulianti, 2022). Problems are facing, even becoming more and
more confusing, and difficult to solve. Because these people tend to think a lot about
things that happened in the past or worry about things that have not happened in the
future. Not only with big problems, even a small change can cause people with this
syndrome to get stuck in their thoughts. Moreover, people are becoming overthinkers
because they do not have enough confidence in themselves.

Chapter III. Analysis and Major

Findings
With answers we collected from students of IBD intake 19, all the acceptable
questionnaires help us factor in our topic and give some recommendations for IBD
students to protect the campus environment.

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3.1. The reality of overthinking on IBD students

The percentage of IBD students who have ever

overthought

11%

89%

Yes No

Chart 1 The percentage of IBD students who have ever overthought

This bar chart shows the proportion of IBD students who have ever overthought.
The percentage up to approximately 90% of the total number of students taking the
survey. It can be seen that almost all IBD students engage in overthinking, with only a
small portion reporting never experiencing it.

The distribution of sex in IBD students overthinking

33%

67%

Male Female

Chart 2 The distribution of sex in IBD students overthinking

Moreover, overthinking is also shown based on gender, and this pie chart details
the division in gender among overthinking. The number of female IBD students

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overthinking is indeed more than twice of male IBD students. This is evidence that the
girls in IBD students usually overthink more than others.

The frequency of overthinking on IBD students

4%
4% 4% 8%
9% 4%

21%

34% 13%

Always 100% Usually 90% Generally 80% Often 70% Sometimes 50%
Occasionally 30% Hardly 10% Rarely 5% Never 0%

Chart 3 The frequency of overthinking on IBD students

Next, the pie chart illustrates the frequency of overthinking among IBD students.
The number of IBD students who occasionally overthink accounts for 1/3 of the total,
followed by 1/5 of IBD students who generally overthink. Additionally, the percentages
of IBD students who often, occasionally, and always overthink are approximately 13%,
9.3%, and 7.4% respectively. Notably, only a small number of students engage in
frequent overthinking, with percentages of usually, hardly, rarely, and never amounting
to 3.75%.

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 Time of day with many overthinkers in IBD
At the midnight 83.3

In the evening 44.4

In the afternoon 16.7

At noon 9.3

In the morning 11
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Chart 4 Time of day with many overthinkers in IBD

There is a phenomenon of overthinking in IBD students that the study mentions,

which is the time of day to overthink. The bar graph above shows the instances when
IBD students overthink. The highest figure is at midnight at 83.3%, which is almost twice
as much as the period in the evening. The third highest position belongs to students who
overthink in the afternoon, comprising almost 17%, which is higher than the morning
nearly 6%. Notably, in the afternoon, they seem to have the least negative thoughts, as
less than 10% of IBD students selected that option.

The level of academic which has many IBD students

overthinking
Senior 50

Junior 31.5

Sophomon 41

First-year student 63

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Chart 5 The level of academic which has many IBD students overthinking

In addition to gender and time, the study also mentions the level of IBD students
overthinking. The second bar shows that first-year students tend to have the most
overthinking, accounting for 63% which doubled the number of sophomores. The second
highest position belongs to seniors at 50%, who believe this period leads to a higher

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occurrence of overthinking. The number of juniors who encounter overthinking problems
is 31.5%. Indeed, overthinking is usually concentrated among freshmen and seniors.

The factors make IBD students to be overthinkers

Study 57.4

Money 64.8

Life 77.8

Love 63

Family 48.1

Health 37

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Chart 6 The factors make IBD students to be overthinkers

The next bar graph illustrates the kind of things that overthinkers in IBD often
think negatively about. A large number of students think that life makes them think too
much, 77.8%, followed closely by love and money, which are roughly equal to 63%.
More than 50% of IBD students believe that studying is a cause of overthinking. In terms
of health and family, the number of such students in these two groups was 37% and
48.1%, respectively.

3.2. The effects of overthinking on IBD students

The effects of overthinking on mental health on IBD

students
Reduced ability to process information 66.7

Reduced creativity 51.9

Dementia 33.3

Depression 63

Stress 81.5

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

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 Chart 7 The effects of overthinking on mental health on IBD students

The bar chart provides some information about various effects of overthinking on
mental health. Most IBD students think that overthinking causes stress. Meanwhile,
51.9% of IBD reviews agree that overthinking reduces creativity and 66.7% of them
believe that overthinking can lead to disorders affecting information comprehension of a
person. 63% of respondents believe that overthinking has a significant effect on
psychological health, especially depression, this number is almost double that of
respondents who believe that overthinking reduces memory.

The effects of overthinking on physical health on IBD

students

Affect your social skills 53.7

Sore muscles 44.4

Immune system suppression 35.2

Insomnia 87

Shofter lifespan 46.3

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Chart 8 The effects of overthinking on physical health on IBD students

In addition, there are a lot of impacts of overthinking on IBD undergraduates

which are suppied by this chart above. The reality of insomnia in such students is the
highest rated at 87%, the next, 53,7% is the second position, which belongs to affect your
social skills. According to 46.3% of students, having numerous negative thoughts can
shorten a person's life. Meanwhile, 44.4% and 35.2% are respective for symptoms like
sore muscles and immune system suppression.

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3.3. The reasons of overthinking on IBD students

The internal causes of overthinking on IBD un-

dergraduates

Always feeling incomplete 1.9

Have too much spare time 1.9

A lack of manage negative emotions 75.9

A lack of confidence 48.1

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Chart 9 The internal causes of overthinking on IBD undergraduates

There are several internal reasons mentioned in this chart. Approximately 76% of
IBD students think that they lack of management negative emotional skills while lacking
of confidence is also considered one of the factors that lead to overthinking, with a figure
of over 48%. The chart also shows that 1,9% of other internal reasons such as having too
much free time or always feeling incomplete can lead to overthinking.

The external causes of overthinking on IBD students

Social media 46.3

New life at university 33.3

Friends influence 44.4

A traumatic event in the past 53.7

Family environment 33.3

By themselves 6

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Chart 10 The external causes of overthinking on IBD students

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 The bar chart mentions external causes such as family, friends, school, and society
that contribute to overthinking. A large number of people who have experienced a
traumatic event in the past led to overthinking, accounting for 53.7%, followed by 46.3%
who are affected by social media. Moreover, the influence of friends is also a significant
cause that makes IBD students a victim of overthinking, with a proportion of up to
44.4%, which is higher than the other two groups of reasons related to environmental
factors such as family and university life by 11.1%.

3.4. The solutions to remove overthinking on IBD students

The study recommendations for decreasing

overthinking in IBD undergraduates
Go to sleep 1.9

Seek help from others 63

Reduce non-essential activities 63

Improve time management 53.7

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Chart 11 The study recommendations for decreasing overthinking in IBD undergraduates

The first chart illustrates the information of study suggestions to reduce

overthinking. As many as 63% of IBD students believe that they should reduce
unnecessary activities. A similar pattern was recorded in the percentage of IBD students
who choose to seek help from others. 53.7% of people agree that improving time
management skills is a highly rated method to reduce overthinking in studying. There is a
small note about another 1.9% who say that sleep helps them reduce overthinking.

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 Some entertainment suggestions to reduce
overthinking in IBD students
Take mediation 1.9

Sleeping 5.7

Travelling, have a picnic 77.8

Go shopping, go to cinema 59.3

Hanging out with friends 81.5

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Chart 12 Some entertainment suggestions to reduce overthinking in IBD students

The next chart describes some suggestions for entertainment to help reduce
overthinking in IBD students. Hanging out with friends is the most popular choice with
over 81% of votes, followed closely by traveling or having a picnic with about 78%
choosing this option. Additionally, approximately 60% of IBD students surveyed chose
to spend time shopping or watching movies as they believe it is an effective way to
eliminate negative thinking. A small proportion of around 6% chose to solve the problem
by sleeping, while only 1.9% of interviewees say that taking meditation is a form of
entertainment.

Some solutions for health to remove overthinking

on IBD students

Learn to mediate 53.7

Use essential oils 33.3

Do exercise 72.2

Go swimming 55.6

Do yoga 55.6

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

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 Chart 13 Some solutions for health to remove overthinking on IBD students

The final chart shows some health-related solutions proposed to remove

overthinking on IBD students. 72.2% of IBD students believe that do exercise is the most
effective method among the health-related measures suggested. The number of people
who chose to do yoga and go swimming is equal to 55.6%. The next approach is
meditation, which is also one of the effective ways that received attention with 53.7% of
votes. Lastly, the least chosen option is the use of essential oils at 33.3%

Chapter IV: Recommendation

Thanks to the survey question, we are able to find out the reality status of IBD
students overthinking so we want to give them some recommendations.
First of all, as a result of our survey, it is clear that IBD undergraduates usually
have too much negative thinking at midnight. Therefore, there is a short-term measure,
which is mentioned by our group. The students should sleep early to encourage their
body to wake up earlier. They will have time to enjoy the sunshine and according to
research, exposing the sunshine is also a way to increase the brain’s serotonin release. It
is a hormone, which improves mood and relaxes the nervous system. Furthermore, we
can say that people go to bed soon, they can not have enough time for harmful things in
brain. Moreover, this act is able to reduce significantly negative thinking about health
problems.
If you are a regular overthinker at any time of day, we would like to give a second
suggestion. We believe that the next recommendation is a long-term method because it
needs a lot of time and careful preparations. As the report, IBD students often have issues
with a traumatic event in the past that led to overthinking. So we recommend you to have
a dramatic change. It can come from removing habitats or replacing schedules. The bad
things of the past must be removed to make new relationships, new jobs, or sometimes

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new accomodations. When you are busy, needing to spend time and concentration to
build new life is extremely essential in stead of using the time to overthinking.
Thirdly, there is a traditional method but it is still quite popular among teenagers,
especially introverted students, which is journaling, blogging. This action is meaningful
to release detrimental energy by themselves, so it helps them to decrease stress without
other’s influence. This method focuses on self-healing, which has an advantage beacause
of writing all the processes to improve their emotions. However, we think that some
people choosing this way can lead to a more serious situation due to the difficulty in self-
control emotion.
Fourthtly, this is the message to student council and school management that they
should more take care of the mental heath of IBD students. The groups to share
psychological knowledge or meaningful activities should be organized regularly to raise
student’s awareness. Specially, these communities about study, love, or health can be an
ideal environment to open and seek sympathy from others.
Finally, we know that the research has various mistakes while you read it because
it is limited time to complete. We believe that such research has all efforts, minds, and
hearts of writers. We wish this report brings a lot of helpfulness to remove overthinking
on IBD students.

Chapter V: Conclusion
The research indicates the reality status and some relevant information of
overthinking on IBD students. As a result, people need to attention to the mental health
problems because the majority of students have too much negative thinking in various
kinds. It can lead to increased stress, anxiety, and even depression, which can ultimately
affect physical health. However, there are strategies that students can use to manage their
overthinking, which are mentioned in the study. Students need to prioritize their mental
health and seek help when needed, to avoid the negative consequences of overthinking.

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Table of chart

Chart 1 The percentage of IBD students who have ever overthought..............11

Chart 2 The distribution of sex in IBD students overthinking..........................11

Chart 3 The frequency of overthinking on IBD students...................................12

Chart 4 Time of day with many overthinkers in IBD........................................12

Chart 5 The level of academic which has many IBD students overthinking....13

Chart 6 The factors make IBD students to be overthinkers..............................13

Chart 7 The effects of overthinking on mental health on IBD students...........14

Chart 8 The effects of overthinking on physical health on IBD students.........15

Chart 9 The internal causes of overthinking on IBD undergraduates.............16

Chart 10 The external causes of overthinking on IBD students........................16

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Chart 11 The study recommendations for decreasing overthinking in IBD

undergraduates......................................................................................................17

Chart 12 Some entertainment suggestions to reduce overthinking in IBD

students...................................................................................................................17

Chart 13 Some solutions for health to remove overthinking on IBD students 18

Appendix
Survey Questionnaires
My name is Pham Thi Nhat Hong and I am from class I19S1. This survey should
only take a few minutes to complete, thank you for helping me finish these questionnaires
in order to collect the data about “Effects of overthinking on IBD students”. Please
answers by putting an “X” in the box for the answers (you can follow more than one
idea) and the last question we can write your own opinion if you want to write it below.

Name:

Class:

Age:

Sex:
a. Male
b. Female
c. Others
1. Have you ever overthought?

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 a. Yes
b. No
2. How often do you overthink?
a. Always (100%)
b. Usually (90%)
c. Generally (80%)
d. Often (70%)
e. Sometimes (50%)
f. Occasionally (30%)
g. Hardly (10%)
h. Rarely (5%)
i. Never (0%)
3. What kind of things do you usually overthink?
a. Health
b. Family
c. Love
d. Life
e. Study
f. Others:…
4. When do you think negatively about something too much?
a. In the morning
b. At noon
c. In the evening
d. At midnight
5. In your opinion, which of the student groups always have excessive thinking?
a. First-year students
b. Sophomore
c. Junior
d. Senior

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6. What are the negative impacts on mental health of bad thinking too much?
a. Stress
b. Depression
c. Dementia
d. Reduced creativity
e. Reduced ability to process information
f. Others:....
7. What are the negative impacts on the physical health of overthinking?
a. Shorter lifespan
b. Insomnia
c. Immune system suppression
d. Tight muscles
e. Affect your social skills
f. Others: …
8. What is the external reason leading you to become an overthinker?
a. Family environment
b. A traumatic event in the past
c. Friend influence
d. New life at university
e. Social media
f. Others:.....
9. What is the internal reason leading you to become an overthinker?
a. A lack of confidence
b. A lack of manage negative emotions
c. Others: …
10. What are the study suggestions for reducing overthinking?
a. Improve time management
b. Reduce non-essential activities
c. Seek help from others

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 d. Others:...
11. What are the entertainment suggestions to remove overthinking?
a. Hanging out with friends
b. Go shopping, go to the cinema
c. Traveling, having a picnic
d. Others: ….
12. What are the health suggestions to remove overthinking?
a. Do yoga
b. Go swimming
c. Do exercise
d. Use essential oils
e. Learn to meditate
f. Others:.....

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