Shi Jingyu, Wang Lu, Yao Yuhong, Su Na, Zhao Xudong, Chen Fazhan
East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Students Counseling Center, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Front Psychiatry. 2017 Dec 12;8:279. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00279. eCollection 2017.
This study examined the impact of family function and family-related factors, such as being an only child, grandparenting, income, and family relationship on the self-esteem in college students who are in the transitional period from late adolescence to emerging adulthood. The participants were 2001 Chinese college freshmen with the age from 16 to 20 years. Data were collected by using the family assessment device (FAD), the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, and self-report of family information. Comparison analysis indicated that the students from one child families, harmonious families, from families with higher income, or raised by their parents without the experience of grandparenting are more likely to show high self-esteem than their counterparts. Moreover, a multiple regression showed that dimensions of FAD such as role, communication, behavioral control, and problem solving predicted level of self-esteem of the college students, ranging from 13.2 to 17.9% variance. The results of this study showed that the self-esteem of the college freshmen is highly correlated with their family's performance. Therefore, the program focusing on improving family functioning is needed, in order to enhance the self-esteem of the young people and hence contribute to promoting the mental health of them.
本研究考察了家庭功能以及与家庭相关的因素,如独生子女身份、祖辈抚养、收入和家庭关系,对处于从青少年晚期向成年早期过渡阶段的大学生自尊的影响。研究对象为2001名年龄在16至20岁之间的中国大学新生。通过使用家庭评估工具(FAD)、罗森伯格自尊量表以及家庭信息的自我报告来收集数据。比较分析表明,来自独生子女家庭、和谐家庭、高收入家庭或由父母抚养且没有祖辈抚养经历的学生比其他学生更有可能表现出高自尊。此外,多元回归分析显示,FAD的角色、沟通、行为控制和问题解决等维度可预测大学生的自尊水平,方差范围为13.2%至17.9%。本研究结果表明,大学新生的自尊与他们家庭的表现高度相关。因此,需要开展旨在改善家庭功能的项目,以提高年轻人的自尊,从而促进他们的心理健康。