Wang Qiuying, Peng Siya, Chi Xinli
Virtual-Physical Arts Research Center, Educational Science Research Institute of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Front Psychol. 2021 Mar 24;12:644222. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.644222. eCollection 2021.
Research has consistently found that poor family functioning is a risk factor for adolescents' internalizing problems. However, studies of the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relation are insufficient. In this study, we explore the association between family functioning and adolescents' internalizing problems by testing the mediating roles of positive youth development (PYD) attributes and the moderating role of migrant status. A large cross-sectional sample of 11,865 Chinese adolescents (mean age = 14.45 years, standard deviation = 1.55 years) were used to measure internalizing problems, family functioning, PYD, migrant status, and other demographic information. After controlling for covariates (age, gender, grade, and socioeconomic status), the results revealed that PYD mediated the relation between family functioning and internalizing problems. Moreover, migrant status moderated the relationship between family functioning and internalizing problems. Specifically, the effects of family functioning on internalizing problems were stronger among local-born adolescents than among migrant adolescents. The findings indicate that improving family functioning and PYD attributes may be promising approaches to prevent/reduce adolescent internalizing problems.
研究一直发现，家庭功能不良是青少年内化问题的一个风险因素。然而，对这一关系背后的中介和调节机制的研究并不充分。在本研究中，我们通过检验积极青少年发展（PYD）属性的中介作用和移民身份的调节作用，探讨家庭功能与青少年内化问题之间的关联。我们使用了一个由11865名中国青少年组成的大型横断面样本（平均年龄 = 14.45岁，标准差 = 1.55岁）来测量内化问题、家庭功能、PYD、移民身份及其他人口统计学信息。在控制协变量（年龄、性别、年级和社会经济地位）后，结果显示PYD介导了家庭功能与内化问题之间的关系。此外，移民身份调节了家庭功能与内化问题之间的关系。具体而言，家庭功能对内化问题的影响在本地出生的青少年中比在移民青少年中更强。研究结果表明，改善家庭功能和PYD属性可能是预防/减少青少年内化问题的有效途径。
