Psychological Development and Education ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (3): 352-359.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2019.03.13

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The Effects of Life Events on Middle School Students' Depression: The Chain Mediating Effect of Self-esteem and Rumination

LI Dalin1, HUANG Mei1, CHEN Wei1, WU Wenfeng1,2   

  1. 1. School of Education Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025;
    2. Guizhou Yangming Culture Research Institute, Guiyang 550025
  • Published:2019-06-19

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Abstract: To explore the chain mediation mechanism among life events, self-esteem, rumination and depression in middle school students. Adolescent life events checklist, self-esteem scale, ruminative responses scale and children's depression inventory were employed into this study to investigate 684 middle school students. The results show that:(1) There is a significant positive correlation between life events and depression in middle school students; (2) self-esteem and rumination play a chain mediation role between negative life events and depression among middle school students. Negative life events are not only the important external factor that result in the depression of middle school students, but also have indirect effects on middle school students' depression by influence self-esteem and rumination. Therefore, important ways to improve and prevent the depression of middle school students are to reduce the impact of life events on psychology, enhance the level of self-esteem and adjust the pattern of negative cognition.

Key words: depression, life events, self-esteem, rumination, middle school students

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  • B844
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