摘要
同伴支持对青少年心理健康有重要影响。为了探究个体及群体水平同伴支持与青少年内化问题的关系,本研究基于121个班级4056名中学生的调查,借助社会网络分析获取同伴支持网络的个体和群体水平指标,构建多层线性模型。结果发现:(1)学生寻求支持关系越多,焦虑、抑郁和孤独感越低;被寻求支持关系越多,抑郁和孤独感越低;(2)同伴支持网络密度越大,学生的孤独感越低;(3)班级中同伴支持网络密度和寻求支持关系阶层性均能调节个人寻求支持关系数和孤独感之间的关系。研究结果表明,个体水平和群体水平的同伴支持均与青少年内化问题存在负相关,群体水平同伴支持能够调节个体水平同伴支持与内化问题的关系,这对寻求途径降低青少年内化问题有重要的实践意义。
Internalizing problems,such as depression,anxiety,and loneliness,refer to disturbances in emotion or mood.These problems can have a detrimental impact on adolescent adaptation and may even lead to severe outcomes in adulthood.These internalizing problems are of particular concern during adolescence,a period characterized by intense physical and mental changes that can exacerbate them.Therefore,it is necessary to explore the factors influencing internalizing problems to develop effective interventions to reduce their prevalence.Since adolescents often interact with their peers in the classroom,peer support plays a pivotal role in alleviating internalizing problems.While previous studies have investigated the effects of perceived peer support on internalizing problems,there is a lack of research examining the influence of peer support on internalizing problems at both group and individual levels.To explore peer support at the group and individual levels,this study employed Social Network Analysis(SNA)to construct peer support networks including all students in a classroom and all their peer support relationships.Additionally,the Hierarchical Linear Model(HLM)was utilized to examine the impact of both group-level and individual-level peer support,as well as the interaction between these two levels,on adolescents'internalizing problems.In this study,4,056 second-year junior high school students from 121 classrooms completed the questionnaire.The peer support network within each classroom was established by having students nominate peers from whom they sought help.Internalizing problems were assessed using the Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale,the Children’s Depression Inventory,and the Children’s Loneliness Scale.R packages were utilized to calculate metrics for the peer support network,including indicators for individual-level support(e.g.,the number of support-seeking relationships and the number of relationships in which one’s support was sought)and group-level support(including density and hierarchy).Multilevel data analysis was conducted using HLM 6.0 software.The results indicated the following:(1)In terms of individual-level peer support,a negative correlation was found between the number of support-seeking relationships and all three types of internalizing problems,specifically loneliness(β=-.066,p<.001),anxiety(β=-.012,p<.001),and depression(β=-.031,p<.001).Additionally,the number of relationships in which one’s support was sought was significantly linked to reduced levels of loneliness(β=-.041,p<.001)and depression(β=-.017,p<.001).(2)Regarding group-level peer support,only the relation between peer support and loneliness was examined among the three types of internalizing problems,as loneliness exhibited significant variation across classrooms(i.e.,ICC loneliness=.120>.050).Specifically,the density of the peer support network was negatively associated with loneliness among students in the classroom(β=-3.575,p<.01).(3)The interaction between individual-level and group-level peer support revealed that the density of the network and the hierarchy of support-seeking relationships moderated the relationship between the number of support-seeking relationships and loneliness(β=.692,p<.01;β=-.038,p<.05).In conclusion,at the individual level,adolescents who had more support-seeking relationships experienced lower levels of internalizing problems,and those who had more relationships in which the support was sought also reported lower levels of internalizing problems except for anxiety.At the group level,students in classrooms with higher network density experienced lower loneliness compared to their counterparts.Furthermore,results for the interaction effect partly support the person-culture match theory.Specifically,when compared with their counterparts in high-hierarchy classrooms,students who had more support-seeking relationships in low-hierarchy classrooms tended to experience less loneliness.Conversely,when compared with their counterparts in low-hierarchy classrooms,students who had less support-seeking relationships in high-hierarchy classrooms tended to experience less loneliness.Moreover,compared with counterparts in low-density classrooms,students who had more support-seeking relationships in high-density classrooms tended to report less loneliness.However,students who had fewer support-seeking relationships in high-density classrooms still reported less loneliness than their counterparts in low-density classrooms.Through SNA and multi-level analyses,this study has advanced our understanding of the peer influence on adolescents'internalizing problems.The theoretical and practical implications for reducing adolescents'internalizing problems were also discussed.
作者
王凌飞
张航
边玉芳
Wang Lingfei;Zhang Hang;Bian Yufang(Institute of Mental Health,Nanjing Xiaozhuang University,Nanjing,210017;Nanjing Institute of Minor Mental Health Research,Nanjing,210017;Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment toward Basic Education Quality,Beijing Normal University,Beijing,100875;Child and Family Education Research Center,Beijing Normal University,Beijing,100875;Institute of Mental Health and Education,Beijing Normal University,Beijing,100875)
出处
《心理科学》
北大核心
2026年第1期105-120,共16页
Journal of Psychological Science
基金
江苏省高校哲学社会科学研究一般项目(2023SJYB0569)
江苏省教育科学规划青年专项课题(C/2024/01/103)
南京晓庄学院高层次培育项目(2022NXY19)
江苏省教育科学规划战略性与政策性重大招标课题(A/2022/b9)的资助。
关键词
内化问题
青少年
同伴支持
多水平分析
社会网络分析
internalizing problems
adolescents
peer support
multilevel analysis
social network analysis
