情感虐待与儿童社交焦虑:基本心理需要和自尊的多重中介作用

Emotional Abuse and Children's Social Anxiety:Mediating of Basic Psychological Needs and Self-Esteem

目的:探究基本心理需要和自尊在情感虐待与儿童社交焦虑之间的中介作用。方法:采用问卷调查法对来自北京市四所小学的797名五、六年级学生进行测查。结果:1相关分析显示,情感虐待与基本心理需要、自尊均呈现显著负相关,与儿童社交焦虑呈现显著正相关;2结构方程模型分析表明,情感虐待对儿童社交焦虑的直接效应显著,基本心理需要和自尊在情感虐待与社交焦虑之间的中介作用均显著,且基本心理需要-自尊的链式中介作用也显著。结论:情感虐待既可以直接预测儿童社交焦虑,又可以分别通过基本心理需要、自尊的中介作用,以及基本心理需要-自尊的链式中介作用间接预测儿童社交焦虑。

Objective： This study aimed to explore the mediating effects of basic psychological needs and self-esteem on the relationship between emotional abuse and children＇ s social anxiety. Methods： A sample of 797 5th and 6th graders in Beijing was recruited to complete questionnaire survey. Results： （1）Correlation analysis showed that emotional abuse was negatively correlated with basic psychological needs and self-esteem, and positively correlated with children＇ s social anxiety. （2）Structural equation modeling analysis showed that emotional abuse had a direct effect on children＇ s social anxiety. The mediating effects of basic psychological needs and self-esteem between emotional abuse and social anxiety were signifi- cant, and chain mediating effect of basic psychological needs-self-esteem was also significant. Conclusion： Emotional abuse influences children＇ s social anxiety, not only through the direct path, but also through the indirect path of basic psychological needs and self-esteem, as well as the chain mediating path between these two variables.