Mediating effect of social support on relationship between childhood abuses and non-suicidal self-injuries in adolescents
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2017.03.010
- VernacularTitle:社会支持在童年期虐待与青少年非自杀性自伤行为关联中的中介作用
- Author:
Wan LIU
;
Yuhui WAN
;
Fangbiao TAO
;
Jiahu HAO
- Keywords:
childhood abuse;
social support;
self-injury behavior;
adolescents;
mediating effect
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2017;31(3):230-234
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the relationship among childhood abuses,social support and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents,and to examine the mediating effect of social support on the relationship between childhood abuses and non-suicidal self-injury.Methods:A total of 9704 middle school students were selected from junior and senior middle schools in Zhengzhou,Guiyang city.The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-28 item Short Form (CTQ-SF),Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Questionnaire,Social Support Scale for University Students and Multidimensional Sub-health Questionnaire of Adolescents (MSQA) were used to measure the different types of adverse childhood experiences,non-suicidal self-injury,social support and psychopathological status.Results:The CTQ-SF-scores were positively correlated with non-suicidal self-injury scores (r =0.20,P < 0.01) and negatively correlated with social support scores (r =-0.22,P < 0.01).The total scores and factor scores of social supportscale were negatively correlated with non-suicidal self-injury scores in adolescents (P < 0.01).When control of the area,grade,self-reported learning burden,self-reported grades and psychological pathology symptoms,social support in childhood abuse and the relation between the suicide self-injury the mediation effect by the single factor of 17.04% to 12.57%,the mediation effect of three subcomponents accounted for 7.12% ~ 13.85%.Conclusion:It suggests that social support may play a mediating effect on the relationship between childhood abuses and non-suicidal selfinjury.