学业鼓励对初中生抑郁的影响:学校联结的中介作用和坚毅的调节作用

The Impact of Academic Encouragement on Depression among Junior High School Students:The Mediating Role of School Connectedness and the Moderating Role of Grit

采用问卷法对广东省6所中学的2102名初中生进行调查,旨在考察学业鼓励对初中生抑郁的影响,并检验学校联结和坚毅在两者关系间的中介作用和调节作用。结果显示:学业鼓励对抑郁有显著负向预测作用;学校联结在学业鼓励与抑郁的关系间起中介作用;坚毅可以调节学业鼓励与抑郁的直接路径及间接路径的后半段。研究结论:学业鼓励可以通过增加学校联结进而减少初中生抑郁,坚毅可以提升学业鼓励与学校联结对抑郁的缓冲作用。研究建议:重视鼓励教育,发挥初中生的优势与提高其自信心;建立学校联结,加强初中生对学校的参与感、归属感和认同感;培养坚毅品质,提高初中生的抗挫能力,从而预防和减少初中生抑郁。

A questionnaire survey was conducted on 2102 junior high school students from 6 secondary schools in Guangdong province,aiming to examine the impact of academic encouragement on depression among junior high school students and to test the mediating role of school connectedness and the moderating role of grit in the relationship between them.The results showed that academic encouragement had a significant negative predictive effect on depression.School connectedness mediated the association between academic encouragement and depression.Moreover,grit can moderate the direct pathway between academic encouragement and depression,as well as the second half of the indirect pathway.The main conclusion of this study:Academic encouragement can reduce junior high school students􀆳depression by increasing school connectedness,and grit can enhance the buffering effect of academic encouragement and school connectedness on depression.This study suggests that more attention should be paid to academic encouragement,leveraging the strengths and building the confidence of junior high school students;establishing school connectedness to enhance their sense of participation,belonging,and identification with the school;and cultivating grit to increase their resilience,thus prevent and reduce depression among junior high school students.