Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (6): 746-752.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.06.14

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Parent Supporting and Emotional Adaptation of Juvenile Offenders:Mediating Effect of Belief in a Just World

ZHANG Li1, LI Jingya2, ZHAO Jingxin3   

  1. 1. School of Teacher Education, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014 China;
    2. The General Hospital of Jinan Military Region, Jinan 250012 China;
    3. School of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014 China
  • Online:2015-11-15 Published:2015-11-15

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Abstract: In order to explore how parental support, belief in a just world impact juvenile offenders' emotional adaption, a sample of 446 male juvenile offenders completed the Parental Supporting Scale, Belief in a Just World Scale, Life Satisfaction Scale, Self-rating Depression Scale. Results indicated that:(1)Juvenile offenders had relatively poorer condition of emotional adaptation, higher level of depression, and lower level of life satisfaction.(2)For juvenile offenders, parental support and belief in a just world all predicated increased life satisfaction, declined depression.(3) Belief in a just world exerted partial mediating effect on the relations between parental support and depression, parental support and life satisfaction. Overall, the present study showed that juvenile offenders' parental support not only had a direct effect on emotional adaption, but also had an indirect effect on emotional adaption through belief in a just world.

Key words: juvenile offenders, parent supporting, emotional adaptation, belief in a just world

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  • B844
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