Psychological Development and Education ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6): 700-706.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2018.06.08

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The Relationship between Middle School Students' Family Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement: Multiple Mediating Effects of Different Dimensions of Psychological Suzhi

CHENG Gang1, TANG Xinyi1, NIU Juan1, LI Jiajia2, ZHANG Dajun2   

  1. 1. School of Educational Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025;
    2. Faculty of Psychology, Research Center of Mental Health Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715
  • Online:2018-11-15 Published:2018-12-27

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Abstract: This study investigated 1570 middle school students with convenient sampling. We measured psychological suzhi of middle school students by the Psychological Suzhi Questionnaire for Adolescents and also assessed their Socioeconomic Status (SES) and academic performance. The results showed that:(1) Except SES was not significant correlated with academic performance, the remaining variables showed a positive correlation with each other. (2) The overall psychological suzhi had a significant mediating effect between secondary school students' family SES and academic performance. (3) Cognitive quality and adaptability had multiple mediating effects between family SES and academic performance, but they suppressed each other. According to the results, we concluded that high family SES have a positive effect on middle school students' academic performance by improving their cognitive quality, but at the same time, the improve of adaptability have a suppression effect on the rise of academic performance. This finding not only expands the understanding of family investment theory and family stress model, but also provides new ideas for further deepening psychological suzhi research. At the same time, this conclusion shows that we should provide compensatory education for low-family SES students and attach importance to the cultivation and improvement of their cognitive ability, which consequently help to improve their academic performance.

Key words: family socioeconomic status, psychological suzhi, academic achievement, middle school students

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  • G442
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