The mediating effect of emotion regulation strategy between inappropriate parenting styles and self-injury in medical students
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2018.03.008
- VernacularTitle:医学生情绪调节策略在不良教养方式与自伤行为间的中介作用
- Author:
Liping KUANG
1
;
Xiangang FENG
;
Simeng ZU
;
Xiumei HE
Author Information
1. 南方医科大学公共卫生学院心理学系
- Keywords:
Inappropriate parenting style;
Emotional regulation strategies;
Self-injury;
Medical students
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2018;27(3):226-229
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the relationships between inappropriate parenting styles,emotional regulation strategies and self-injury.Methods A total of 1 096 medical students anonymously completed adolescents self-harm scale,emotion regulation scale (ERS) and the rejection and over-protection subscales of parental bonding instrument (PBI).Results The scores of paternal rejection,maternal rejection,paternal over-protection,maternal over-protection,cognitive reappraisal,expression suppression and self-injury were (4.3±3.3),(3.9±3.0),(5.7±3.3),(6.1±3.5),(36.1±6.7),(25.7±7.4) and (1.0±2.9),respectively.The scores of self-injury were positively correlated with the scores of paternal rejection,maternal rejection,paternal over-protection,maternal over-protection and expression suppression (r =0.08-0.20,P< 0.01),meanwhile negatively correlated with the scores of cognitive reappraisal(r=-0.10,P<0.01).Cognitive reappraisal mediated the relationship between parental rejection and self-injury,which accounted for 9.3%.Expression suppression mediated the relationship between parental rejection,parental over-protection and self-injury,which accounted for 14.5% and 17.9%,respectively.Conclusion The emotion regulation strategy act as a mediator between the inappropriate parental styles and self-injury in medical students.In addition,different emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal and expression suppression) play different roles in such relationship.