Hygiene and Preventive Medicine
Relationship between attachment behavior and social adaptation among left-behind middle school students: mediation effect of sense of responsibility
Yanna Yan, Chunping Yan, Hongbo Shan, Wenjuan Cui, Shichang Yang
Published 2016-01-20
Cite as Chin J Behav Med & Brain Sci, 2016, 25(1): 65-69. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2016.01.014
Abstract
ObjectiveTo explore the relationship between responsibility and social adaptation of the left-behind middle school students and to provide evidence for mental health education of left-behind children.
Methods290 left-behind middle school students were selected by cluster-random-sampling. All of them were assessed by the middle school students' social adaptability scale (SAS-SSS), the inventory of parent and peer attachment(IPPA) and the scale of high school students' responsibility.
ResultsThe correlation between responsibility, attachment behavior and social adaptation of left-behind middle school students were significant(r=0.39, r=0.56, P<0.01). There were significant differences between gender on the responsibility(male(202.64±26.78) vs female(212.67±23.24)). Regression analysis showed that mother attachment, overall responsibility, general responsibility and special fault responsibility could predict the social adaptation(P<0.05). Responsibility and its factors played a mediating role between attachment and adaptation, taking 52.1%, 20.1%, 30.8%, 9.1%, 47.9%, 40.7% proportion of the total effect.
ConclusionResponsibility is an important factor affecting the social adaptation of left-behind middle school students.
Key words:
Left-behind middle school students; Responsibility; Companion attachment; Parents attachment; Social adaptation
Contributor Information
Yanna Yan
Department of Psychology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, China
Chunping Yan
Department of Psychology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, China
Hongbo Shan
Department of Psychology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, China
Wenjuan Cui
Department of Psychology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, China
Shichang Yang
Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China
