Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Sep 3;19(17):11038. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191711038.
Although adolescent materialism and egocentrism are growing problems in Chinese societies, there are very few studies investigating their predictors and related mediators. Longitudinal studies in this area are also sparse. Based on a short-term longitudinal study (n = 4981), we assessed the impact of family functioning on materialism and egocentrism of Chinese adolescents, with positive youth development attributes as a hypothesized mediating factor. Results showed that family functioning positively predicted positive youth development attributes but negatively predicted adolescent materialism and egocentrism; positive youth development attributes also negatively predicted adolescent materialism and egocentrism. Mediational analyses showed that positive youth development attributes mediated the impact of family functioning on adolescent materialism and egocentrism. The theoretical and methodological advances of the study are discussed.
尽管青少年的物质主义和自我中心主义在中国社会是日益严重的问题，但很少有研究调查其预测因素和相关的中介因素。这方面的纵向研究也很匮乏。基于一项短期的纵向研究（n=4981），我们评估了家庭功能对中国青少年物质主义和自我中心主义的影响，以积极的青年发展特质作为假设的中介因素。结果表明，家庭功能正向预测积极的青年发展特质，但负向预测青少年的物质主义和自我中心主义；积极的青年发展特质也负向预测青少年的物质主义和自我中心主义。中介分析表明，积极的青年发展特质中介了家庭功能对青少年物质主义和自我中心主义的影响。本文讨论了该研究在理论和方法上的进展。
