Psychological Development and Education ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 419-428.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2023.03.13

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Negative Life Events and Internalizing Problem of Junior Middle School Students: Mediating of Rumination and Moderating of Peer Attachment

FENG Quansheng1, ZHOU Zongkui2,3, SUN Xiaojun2,3, ZHANG Yanhong1, LIAN Shuailei1,2   

  1. 1. College of Education and Sports Sciences, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023;
    2. Key Laboratory of Adolescent CyberPsychology and Behavior, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430079;
    3. School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079
  • Online:2023-05-15 Published:2023-05-13

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Abstract: Based on the diathesis-stress model and attachment internal working model, the present study examined the relation between negative life events and internalizing problem, as well as the mediating role of rumination and the moderating role of peer attachment. 800 students from three grades of two junior middle schools in Wuhan and Shangqiu were recruited to complete a series of questionnaires: Adolescent Life Events Checklist, Rumination Scale, The Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale. The results showed that: (1) Negative life events, rumination, depression, and anxiety were significantly positively correlated with each other. Whereas negative life events, depression, and anxiety were significantly negatively correlated with each other; (2) Negative life events not only had direct effects on depression and anxiet but also had indirect effects on depression and anxiety through the mediating role of rumination. And these indirect effects could be moderated by peer attachment. Specifically, this indirect effect was more significant for middle school students with lower peer attachment; (3) Peer attachment could moderate the link between negative life events and depression, but this moderating effect cannot be found in the relationship between negative life events and anxiety. Conclusions: Negative life events are an important external factor resulting in depression and anxiety of middle school students. Moreover, rumination plays a mediating role in the link between negative life events and depression or anxiety. Peer attachment can alleviate these indirect effects. These results reveal the psychological mechanism of the influence of negative life events on the internalizing problem in adolescents, and provide useful suggestions for guiding adolescents to improve the level of peer attachment and promoting the development of mental health.

Key words: negative life events, rumination, peer attachment, internalizing problem, junior school students

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