Longitudinal Association between School Climate and Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Psychological "Suzhi"

Autor/inn/en	Nie, Qian; Yang, Chunyan; Teng, Zhaojun; Furlong, Michael J.; Pan, Yangu; Guo, Cheng; Zhang, Dajun
Titel	Longitudinal Association between School Climate and Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Psychological "Suzhi"
Quelle	In: School Psychology, 35 (2020) 4, S. 267-276Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nie, Qian) ORCID (Yang, Chunyan) ORCID (Furlong, Michael J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2578-4218
DOI	10.1037/spq0000374
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Educational Environment; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Student Attitudes; Mental Health; Mental Disorders; Role; Correlation; Longitudinal Studies; High School Students; Prevention; Health Services; Resilience (Psychology); Personality Traits; Asian Culture; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Schülerverhalten; Psychohygiene; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Rollen; Korrelation; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	The protective role of students' perceptions of school climate against mental health problems has been supported in previous research, yet relatively little is known about the mechanism underlying school climate's influence on Chinese youths' depressive symptoms. Guided by the process--person-context-time model, this study examined the mediating effect of psychological "suzhi" (a Chinese cultural construct comprising a hierarchical, integrated set of positive psychological qualities) on the longitudinal association between perceived school climate and depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents. Students (N = 1,151; 52.2% boys; mean [M]age = 16.24, standard deviation [SD] = 0.70) from one Chinese high school participated in a 3-wave (each wave was 6 months apart) longitudinal study. Multilevel mediation models were used to analyze between- and within-person effects on the longitudinal association between perceived school climate and depressive symptoms. The results indicated that students who perceived a more positive school climate reported lower depressive symptoms than students who perceived a more negative school climate (between-person effect); however, students who perceived their school climate positively did not always directly report lower depressive symptoms across time (within-person effect). Psychological "suzhi" mediated the association between perceived school climate and depressive symptoms at both the between- and within-person levels. Students who perceived a more positive school climate had increased psychological "suzhi," which, in turn, decreased their depressive symptoms. The findings provided implications for school-based mental health prevention services by highlighting the need for promoting both positive school climate and students' psychological "suzhi." (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01