Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, 100875, Beijing, China; Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, China.
Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, China.
J Adolesc. 2019 Jul;74:24-32. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.05.005. Epub 2019 May 21.
Recent empirical studies have shown that the stress mindset is an implicit belief about stress and that the stress-is-enhancing mindset attenuates the negative effects of stressful life events on psychological and behavioral outcomes. Migrant adolescents experience more adverse life events, which are potential risk factors that can decrease their well-being. This study first explored the relationship between stressful life events and well-being (depression and life satisfaction) among Chinese rural-to-urban migrant adolescents. Furthermore, we examined the protective role of the enhancing stress mindset in this relationship and the moderating effect of gender.
In total, 396 Chinese rural-to-urban migrant adolescents aged between 10 and 14 years (M = 11.75 years, SD = 1.16) completed a battery of self-report questionnaires concerning their stressful life events, stress mindsets, depression and life satisfaction.
The hierarchical multiple regressions showed that stressful life events were positively associated with depression and negatively associated with life satisfaction. Compared to the adolescents with the stress-is-debilitating mindset, the adolescents with the stress-is-enhancing mindset were less prone to depression when faced with more stressful life events. Furthermore, the stress mindset was positively linked to life satisfaction among the girls but not the boys.
These findings suggest that the stress-is-enhancing mindset is a protective factor that may help migrant adolescents mitigate adversity and improve their well-being.
最近的实证研究表明，压力思维模式是一种关于压力的内隐信念，而增强压力思维模式可以减轻生活压力事件对心理和行为结果的负面影响。移民青少年经历更多的不良生活事件，这些事件是潜在的风险因素，可能会降低他们的幸福感。本研究首先探讨了生活压力事件与中国农村到城市移民青少年的幸福感（抑郁和生活满意度）之间的关系。此外，我们还检验了增强压力思维模式在这种关系中的保护作用以及性别的调节作用。
共有 396 名 10 至 14 岁的中国农村到城市移民青少年（M=11.75 岁，SD=1.16）完成了一系列关于生活压力事件、压力思维模式、抑郁和生活满意度的自我报告问卷。
分层多元回归显示，生活压力事件与抑郁呈正相关，与生活满意度呈负相关。与具有压力削弱思维模式的青少年相比，当面临更多的生活压力事件时，具有压力增强思维模式的青少年患抑郁的可能性较小。此外，在女孩中，压力思维模式与生活满意度呈正相关，但在男孩中则没有。
这些发现表明，增强压力思维模式是一种保护因素，可以帮助移民青少年减轻逆境，提高幸福感。
