Linking Childhood Maltreatment and Psychological Symptoms: The Role of Social Support, Coping Styles, and Self-Esteem in Adolescents
Linking Childhood Maltreatment and Psychological Symptoms: The Role of Social Support, Coping Styles, and Self-Esteem in Adolescents
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将童年虐待与心理症状联系起来：社会支持、应对方式和自尊在青少年中的作用
DOI：
10.1177/0886260520918571
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发表时间：
2020-05-09
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Tao, Fangbiao
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作者：
Wang, Shanshan;Xu, Huiqiong;Tao, Fangbiao
心理问题是我国青少年普遍存在的问题，它会导致各种不良后果。迫切需要对这一发育时期心理症状发生的因素进行更多的研究，其中童年虐待、个人应对方式、社会支持水平和自尊值得我们关注。儿童期虐待与心理症状之间的关联是明显的;然而，上述其他三个因素可能的中介作用仍不清楚。因此，本研究旨在探讨社会支持、应对方式和自尊在儿童期虐待与青少年心理症状发展之间的中介作用。2013年至2014年，在中国15所学校进行了一项基于健康的调查。共有9 704名学生（11-19岁）参加了调查，并完成了关于儿童虐待、社会支持、应对方式、自尊和心理症状的措施。研究发现，儿童期虐待与心理症状和消极应对方式呈正相关，与社会支持、积极应对方式和自尊呈负相关（p <0.001）。社会支持、应对方式和自尊在儿童期虐待与心理症状之间起中介作用。社会支持、积极应对方式、消极应对方式和自尊在儿童期虐待对心理症状发生的中介作用中分别占13.8%、7.5%、20.9%和10.3%。这些研究结果表明，需要促进社会支持，自尊和积极的应对方式，并减少消极的应对方式的水平，显着减少心理症状的影响，儿童虐待的青少年。
Psychological symptoms are common among adolescents in China, which are associated with various negative consequences. There has been a pressing need for additional research of factors responsible for the occurrence of psychological symptoms during this developmental period, among which childhood maltreatment, personal coping style, one’s levels of social support, and self-esteem deserve our attention. The association between childhood maltreatment and psychological symptoms is evident; however, the possible mediating effect of the other three factors mentioned above remains unclear. Hence, the current study aims to investigate the possible mediating roles of social support, coping style, and self-esteem in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and the development of psychological symptoms among adolescents. An adolescent-based health survey was conducted between 2013 and 2014 in 15 schools in China. A total of 9,704 students (aged 11–19 years) were enrolled and measures on childhood maltreatment, social support, coping styles, self-esteem, and psychological symptoms were completed. It was found that childhood maltreatment was positively correlated with psychological symptoms and negative coping styles, and negatively correlated with social support, positive coping styles, and self-esteem (p < .001). Social support, coping styles, and self-esteem mediated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and psychological symptoms. The estimated effect of childhood maltreatment on the occurrence of psychological symptoms could be explained by the mediation of social support, positive coping styles, negative coping styles, and self-esteem, whose ratio of roles came to 13.8%, 7.5%, 20.9%, and 10.3%, respectively. These findings indicate a need to promote social support, self-esteem, and positive coping styles, and decrease the level of negative coping styles, to markedly reduce the impact of psychological symptoms of childhood maltreatment among adolescents.