Zhang Ludan, Wang Ruijie, Li Yaoyao, Chen Liang
Department of Development and Planning, Weifang University of Science and Technology, Weifang, China.
School of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.
Front Psychol. 2024 Nov 28;15:1478610. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1478610. eCollection 2024.
Numerous studies suggest that maternal emotional warmth is a critical protective factor against adolescents' internalizing problem behaviors. However, the underlying mechanisms linking these variables remain unclear. Grounded in ecological systems theory, this study explores the impact mechanisms of social support (maternal emotional warmth), individual resource (meaning in life), and environmental factor (friendship conflict) on adolescents' internalizing problem behaviors.
A questionnaire survey of 474 adolescents in vocational school aged 15-24 assessed maternal emotional warmth, meaning in life, friendship conflict, and internalizing problem behaviors.
The results indicate that the meaning in life partially mediates the relationship between maternal emotional warmth and adolescents' internalizing problem behaviors, with friendship conflict moderating the latter half of this mediation pathway.
The findings suggest that adolescents, during their social adaptation process, activate different protective factors depending on the environmental relational context. Specifically, high friendship conflict limits the direct protective role of maternal emotional warmth, whereas a meaning in life becomes a significant protective factor, exerting its effect through mediation. Conversely, when friendship conflict is low, maternal emotional warmth directly serves as a protective factor.
大量研究表明，母亲的情感温暖是预防青少年内化问题行为的关键保护因素。然而，连接这些变量的潜在机制仍不明确。基于生态系统理论，本研究探讨了社会支持（母亲的情感温暖）、个人资源（生活意义）和环境因素（友谊冲突）对青少年内化问题行为的影响机制。
对474名年龄在15至24岁的职业学校青少年进行问卷调查，评估母亲的情感温暖、生活意义、友谊冲突和内化问题行为。
结果表明，生活意义部分中介了母亲的情感温暖与青少年内化问题行为之间的关系，友谊冲突调节了这一中介路径的后半段。
研究结果表明，青少年在社会适应过程中，会根据环境关系背景激活不同的保护因素。具体而言，高友谊冲突限制了母亲情感温暖的直接保护作用，而生活意义则成为一个重要的保护因素，通过中介发挥作用。相反，当友谊冲突较低时，母亲的情感温暖直接作为保护因素。
