Psychological Development and Education ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (2): 172-182.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2017.02.06

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The Influence of Coping Strategies and Pressure on Social Adjustment in Secondary School Students:Longitudinal Mediation Models

LI Caina, SUN Cuicui, XU Enzhen, GU Jiaojiao, ZHANG Qingyao   

  1. Department of Psychology, Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
  • Online:2017-03-15 Published:2017-03-15

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Abstract: In prior research much attention has been drawn to the concern of social adjustment during puberty,while few researchers have addressed the longitudinal mediation mechanism among coping,pressure and social adjustment.Path analysis was utilized in current research to investigate the longitudinal associations among pressure,coping and social adjustment using a sample of 369 Chinese secondary school students from seventh grade to ninth grade.Results indicate the hypothesized link between pressure and adjustment,the link between coping and adjustment,and the role of coping played on pressure were validated.Furthermore,the association between initial negative coping and later negative social adjustment was longitudinally mediated by pressure,providing support for the mediation mechanism in which negative coping leads to an increase in pressure,which in turn worsens students'social adjustment.Findings suggest that the effect of coping on pressure and the longitudinal indirect effect of pressure on social adjustment through coping remains to be verified in the future.

Key words: adjustment, coping, pressure, longitudinal mediation model

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  • B844

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