童年情感忽视与中国青少年手机使用问题：一项涉及学校参与感和感觉寻求的纵向中介调节模型。

Childhood emotional neglect and problematic mobile phone use among Chinese adolescents: A longitudinal moderated mediation model involving school engagement and sensation seeking.

机构信息

School of Psychology & Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

出版信息

Child Abuse Negl. 2021 May;115:104991. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.104991. Epub 2021 Feb 15.

DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.104991

PMID:33601114

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Childhood emotional neglect has been shown to be associated with a range of emotional, behavioral and social problems. We hypothesized that childhood emotional neglect might predispose adolescents to engage in Problematic Mobile Phone Use (PMPU) as a way to meet their needs for relatedness.

OBJECTIVE

Using a longitudinal design, we aimed to reveal the explanatory mechanism in the association between childhood emotional neglect and PMPU among Chinese adolescents, by testing the mediating effect of school engagement and the moderating effect of sensation seeking.

METHODS

Participants were 1987 Chinese adolescents (56.13 % male; M at Wave 1 = 12.32) who completed self-report questionnaires regarding childhood emotional neglect, school engagement, PMPU and sensation seeking at three time points in the course of a year.

RESULTS

The results of structural equation modeling (SEM) showed that retrospective reports of childhood emotional neglect at Wave 1 were positively associated with adolescent PMPU at Wave 3, and school engagement at Wave 2 fully mediated the association. Meanwhile, sensation seeking at Wave 3 moderated the pathway from school engagement to later adolescent PMPU in the mediated model. Specifically, the effect of low school engagement on PMPU was stronger for adolescents who reported high sensation seeking.

CONCLUSION

Identifying the processes by which childhood emotional neglect is associated with adolescent PMPU over time has potential applied value for prevention and intervention.

摘要

背景

已有研究表明，儿童期情感忽视与一系列情绪、行为和社交问题有关。我们假设，儿童期情感忽视可能使青少年更容易出现手机使用问题（Problematic Mobile Phone Use，PMPU），以此满足他们的归属感需求。

目的

本研究采用纵向设计，通过检验学校投入的中介作用和感觉寻求的调节作用，旨在揭示儿童期情感忽视与中国青少年 PMPU 之间关联的解释机制。

方法

研究对象为 1987 名中国青少年（56.13%为男性；第 1 波平均年龄为 12.32 岁），他们在一年内的 3 个时间点完成了关于儿童期情感忽视、学校投入、PMPU 和感觉寻求的自我报告问卷。

结果

结构方程模型（SEM）的结果表明，第 1 波的儿童期情感忽视回溯报告与第 3 波青少年 PMPU 呈正相关，第 2 波的学校投入完全中介了这一关联。同时，第 3 波的感觉寻求在中介模型中调节了学校投入与后期青少年 PMPU 的关系。具体来说，对于报告感觉寻求水平较高的青少年，低学校投入对 PMPU 的影响更强。