Unpacking the relationship between adolescents’ perceived school climate and negative emotions: the chain mediating roles of school belonging and social avoidance and distress
BMC Psychology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
13(1)
Опубликована: Янв. 20, 2025
Guided
by
Self-System
Processes
Theory,
Social
Support
and
Stress
Coping
this
study
investigates
how
perceived
school
climate
influences
adolescents'
negative
emotions
through
the
chain
mediation
of
belonging
social
avoidance
distress.
It
also
examines
demographic
differences
across
gender
grade
tests
structural
invariance
proposed
model.
A
cross-sectional
survey
1,507
Chinese
adolescents
in
grades
5–9
was
conducted
using
validated
scales.
Independent
samples
t-tests
one-way
ANOVA
were
used
to
examine
key
variables.
Structural
equation
modeling
(SEM)
tested
hypothesized
model,
while
multigroup
SEM
assessed
subgroups.
Perceived
reduced
both
directly
indirectly,
with
distress
as
mediators.
Peer
support
demonstrated
strongest
indirect
effect,
teacher
autonomy
opportunities
influenced
direct
pathways.
pathway
identified,
testing
confirmed
consistent
relationships
groups.
This
reveals
a
complex
mechanism
highlights
stability
The
findings
provide
valuable
theoretical
practical
insights
for
fostering
supportive
environments
promote
adolescent
emotional
well-being.
Язык: Английский
Evaluation of the Effect of Parental Participation on Chinese Adolescent Behavioral Development Through the Mediating Effect of Peers: A Moderated Mediation Model
Psychology Research and Behavior Management,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
Volume 17, С. 1881 - 1901
Опубликована: Май 1, 2024
Background:
With
the
rapid
changes
in
social
environment,
adolescents
are
facing
increasing
academic
pressure
and
challenges
to
their
physical
mental
development
socialization
process.The
purpose
of
this
study
was
investigate
influence
mechanisms
parental
participation
on
adolescent
behavioral
(learning
persistence,
expressive
language
ability
knowledge
absorption
ability),
revealing
mediation
role
positive
negative
peer
interactions
between
development,
whether
differences
parents
children's
educational
expectations
moderate
process.Methods:
This
measured
using
Parental
Participation
Questionnaire,
Peer
Interaction
Behavioral
Development
Scale,
Educational
Expectancy
Gap
from
China
Education
Panel
Survey.A
total
7730
seventh-grade
students
were
invited
participate,
establish
a
moderated
model,
significance
effect
tested
bias-corrected
percentile
Bootstrap
method.Results:
(1)
High
frequent
has
significant
including
participation,
emotional
all
exerting
varying
degrees
influence,
as
well
positively
influencing
adolescents'
interactions.(2)
Positive
play
12.3%
2.5%
respectively
process
affecting
development.(3)
Comparing
"educational
expectation
gap
-equal",
-high"
negatively
moderates
interaction
(inhibitory
effect),
-low"
(facilitation
which
meant
that
-equal"
children
is
more
desirable
state.Conclusion:
These
findings
provide
empirical
support
effective
operational
suggestions
further
promote
development.Particularly
for
developing
countries,
it
recognized
interaction,
equal
children,
protective
factors
development.
Язык: Английский
Relationship between personality and adolescent depression: the mediating role of loneliness and problematic internet use
BMC Psychiatry,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
24(1)
Опубликована: Окт. 14, 2024
Previous
research
has
indicated
that
personality
traits,
loneliness,
and
problematic
internet
use
(PIU)
significantly
contribute
to
the
prevalence
of
adolescent
depression.
However,
specific
interrelationships
among
these
variables
in
explaining
occurrence
depression
remain
unclear.
Drawing
upon
susceptibility
theory
cognitive-behavioral
theory,
this
study
explored
whether
traits
influences
through
loneliness
PIU.
Язык: Английский
Academic Burden and Emotional Problems Among Adolescents: A Longitudinal Mediation Analysis
Journal of Adolescence,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 21, 2025
ABSTRACT
Introduction
Existing
research
indicates
high
prevalence
of
emotional
problems
among
adolescents
with
excessive
academic
burden,
yet
the
underlying
reasons
are
not
well
understood.
This
study
aimed
to
explore
loneliness,
physical
activity,
and
sleep
as
potential
mediating
pathways
between
burden
in
adolescents.
Methods
A
longitudinal
cohort
was
conducted
middle
school
students
Taizhou
City,
Zhejiang
Province,
China,
data
collected
at
three
time
points.
The
included
2965
adolescents,
a
mean
age
15.2
years
(SD
=
1.7),
whom
48.0%
were
female.
Most
participants
came
from
families
economic
status
(94.8%).
Structural
equation
modeling
employed
analyze
direct
associations
(measured
by
stress)
depressive
anxiety
symptoms.
Additionally,
indirect
explored
through
mediators:
sleep.
Results
Higher
stress
T1
directly
associated
more
severe
symptoms
T3.
Sleep
(indirect
effect
0.11,
95%
CI
0.09–0.13),
loneliness
(0.10,
0.08–0.11)
activity
(0.01,
0.002–0.012)
T2
mediated
relationship,
accounting
for
31.0%,
26.8%,
1.8%
total
association
stress,
respectively.
For
symptoms,
(0.11,
0.09–0.14)
(0.07,
0.05–0.08)
mediation
sizes
34.1%
20.6%,
Study
only
outcomes
indirectly
via
stress.
Conclusions
Our
results
highlight
importance
behavioral
psychosocial
differences
related
understanding
severity
mental
health
Язык: Английский
Developing a suicide risk prediction model for hospitalized adolescents with depression in China
Frontiers in Psychiatry,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
16
Опубликована: Май 2, 2025
Introduction
Adolescent
suicide
risk,
particularly
among
individuals
with
depression,
is
a
growing
public
health
concern
in
China,
driven
by
increasing
social
pressures
and
evolving
family
dynamics.
However,
limited
research
has
focused
on
prediction
models
tailored
for
hospitalized
Chinese
adolescents
depression.
This
study
aims
to
develop
risk
model
early
identification
of
high-risk
using
internal
validation,
providing
insights
future
clinical
applications.
Methods
The
involved
229
aged
13–18
diagnosed
admitted
hospital
Shanxi,
China.
Feature
selection
was
performed
Least
Absolute
Shrinkage
Selection
Operator
(Lasso)
regression,
key
predictors
were
incorporated
into
multivariate
logistic
regression
model.
Model
performance
assessed
the
area
under
receiver
operating
characteristic
curve
(AUC),
Hosmer-Lemeshow
test,
calibration
curves,
decision
analysis
(DCA),
impact
curves
(CIC).
Results
demonstrated
AUC
values
0.839
(95%
CI:
0.777,
0.899)
training
set
0.723
0.601,
0.845)
testing
set,
indicating
strong
discrimination
capability.
Significant
included
gender,
frequency,
parental
relationships,
self-harm
behavior,
experiences
loss,
sleep
duration.
DCA
CIC
supported
model’s
predictive
potential.
Conclusion
suggesting
potential
value
assessment
its
generalizability
remains
be
confirmed.
Further
external
validation
larger,
multi-center
cohorts
required
assess
robustness
applicability.
Язык: Английский
Latent class analysis on mental health and associated factors in medical and non-medical college students
Journal of Affective Disorders,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 119593 - 119593
Опубликована: Июнь 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Can government green discourse-behavior congruence mitigate carbon emissions? A polynomial regression with response surface analysis
Applied Energy,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
380, С. 125008 - 125008
Опубликована: Дек. 3, 2024
Язык: Английский
Academic burden and emotional problems among adolescents in China: a longitudinal mediation analysis
Research Square (Research Square),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Июнь 4, 2024
Abstract
Background
There
is
a
high
prevalence
of
depression
and
anxiety
in
adolescents,
emotional
problems
are
more
likely
to
occur
for
students
with
academic
burden.
The
reasons
underlying
the
educational
impact
not
well
understood.
This
study
aimed
explore
loneliness,
physical
activity,
sleep
as
potential
mediating
pathways
between
burden
adolescents.
Methods
A
longitudinal
cohort
was
conducted
among
middle
school
Taizhou
City,
Zhejiang
Province,
China
data
collected
at
three
time
points
(T1:
April-May
2022,
T2:
September-October
T3:
February-May
2023).
Depressive
symptoms
were
assessed
using
Children’s
Depression
Inventory
Generalized
Anxiety
Disorder-7,
respectively.
Structural
equation
modeling
employed
analyze
direct
effect
(measured
by
stress)
on
depressive
symptoms,
indirect
effects
via
mediators:
sleep.
Results
Using
from
2965
adolescents
who
completed
all
assessments,
we
found
that
higher
stress
T1
directly
associated
severe
T3.
Sleep
(indirect
0.08,
95%
CI
0.07
0.10),
loneliness
(0.07,
0.06
0.08)
activity
(0.01,
0.002
0.01)
mediated
association,
accounting
30.8%,
26.7%
1.9%
total
For
(0.04,
0.03
0.05)
(0.03,
0.02
0.03)
mediation
sizes
34.4%
20.8%,
Study
only
outcomes
indirectly
stress.
Conclusions
Our
findings
suggest
sleep,
could
partly
explain
why
had
problems,
highlighting
importance
behavior
psychosocial
differences
driven
explaining
severity
mental
health
problems.
should
raise
awareness
about
related
risk
factors
strengthen
calls
comprehensive
strategies
improve
adolescent
health.
Язык: Английский
Factors Affecting Psychological Well-Being, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among Dental Students in Delhi and the National Capital Region: A Cross-Sectional Study
Cureus,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Сен. 29, 2024
Introduction
Research
has
shown
that
mental
health
issues
are
prevalent
among
university
students
and
healthcare
professionals.
Dental
practitioners
particularly
at
risk
due
to
the
demanding
nature
of
their
profession.
Our
study
aims
survey
dental
faculty
assess
psychological
well-being
identify
key
stressors
potential
interventions.
Methodology
A
cross-sectional
examined
well-being,
depression,
anxiety,
stress
undergraduate
(UG)
postgraduate
(PG)
from
School
Sciences.
questionnaire
was
distributed
via
email
WhatsApp
350
participants.
The
contained
a
unique
set
items
for
each
group
related
factors
affecting
students,
separate
used
(DASS-21)
in
same
population.
Results
educators
found
no
significant
changes
(DASS)
levels
between
age
groups.
Females,
however,
reported
greater
these
difficulties
than
men
(D=71.5%,
A=71.9%,
S=76.7%
females
vs.
D=28.5%,
A=28.1%,
S=23.3%
men,
with
p-values
D=0.014,
A=0.001,
S=0.031).
Overall,
67.3%
UG
away
home
live
hostels
or
flats,
academic
financial
demands
(30.6%
33.5%,
p-values:
0.014
0.098,
respectively).
Many
people
find
workload
unpleasant
(40.8%,
p-value=0.143)
feel
overwhelmed
by
obligations
(47.9%,
p-value=0.002),
20%-25%
worried
about
examinations,
failure,
balancing
academics
(p-values:
0.001,
0.006,
0.002,
In
total,
57.1%
suffer
severe
social
isolation
(p-value=0.045),
more
40%
have
(p=0.003).
While
mentor-mentee
program
is
rated
as
helpful
(p-value=0.68),
35%
ignorant
options
(p-value=0.006).
Financial
concerns
big
worry,
38.7%
seeking
assistance,
second-
third-year
challenges
first-year
students.
41.2%
instructors
perceived
extremely
accessible,
whereas
34.3%
31.4%
scheduled
breaks
required
(38.2%,
p=0.053).
Most
(51.4%)
encourage
counseling
interact
(76.5%),
while
77.1%
discuss
health.
Among
PGs,
74.2%
participants
content
college's
amenities,
but
90.3%
stressed
because
PG
seat
departing
bond,
demonstrating
widespread
concern
over
this
issue.
To
cope,
22.6%
seek
help
loved
ones,
19.4%
pursue
hobbies,
emphasizing
value
personal
support
networks
leisure
activities.
Conclusion
perceive
males.
supportive
families
only
experience
helplessness
on
rare
occasions.
First-year
effort
peers
higher
educational
levels.
Overall
load
gradually
decreases
first
third
year
rises
significantly
final
before
declining
during
internships.
As
increases,
tend
isolate
themselves
socially.
Engaging
activities
can
mitigate
negative
effects
physical
Faculty
members
recommend
college
services
cope
stress.
Язык: Английский