The Relationship between Daily Stress and Subjective Happiness in Middle School Students: Verification of the Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy and the Moderated Mediating Effect of Social Support

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate internet addiction among middle school students and to examine the mediating effects of social support in the relationships of self-efficacy and self-control with internet addiction.Methods: The participants in the study were 119 middle school students in J city. The measurements included a self-efficacy scale, a self-control scale, a social support scale, and the Internet Addiction Scale for Youth. Data were analyzed using the independent t-test or Mann-Whitney U test, one-way analysis of variance, the Scheffé test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple-regression using SPSS version 22.0. Mediation effects were analyzed by the Sobel test and Baron and Kenny's hierarchical analysis technique.Results: Significant correlations were found among self-efficacy, self-control, and internet addiction. Social support had partial mediating effects in the relationship between self-efficacy and internet addiction, as well as in the relationship between self-control and internet addition.Conclusion: In order to prevent internet addiction, the promotion of interactions among peers, which is a component of social support, is particularly important. It is also necessary to promote face-to-face activities that can strengthen relationships. The findings suggest that intensifying social support may help reduce the level of internet addiction in middle school students.

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The Mediating Effect of Mathematics Anxiety on the Relationship between Mathematical Disposition and Achievement of Middle School Students

Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction ◽

10.22251/jlcci.2018.18.19.1063 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (19) ◽

pp. 1063-1086

Author(s):

Mi-ra Han ◽

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Gwang-su Kim ◽

Keyword(s):

Middle School ◽

Middle School Students ◽

Mathematics Anxiety ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

School Students ◽

The Relationship

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Relationship of Mental Stress of Middle School Students and Campus Safety Atmosphere with Psychosocial Safety Behaviors

Iranian Journal of Public Health ◽

10.18502/ijph.v49i4.3175 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jinchang YANG ◽

Wei YAN

Keyword(s):

Middle School ◽

Middle School Students ◽

Mental Stress ◽

School Bullying ◽

Campus Safety ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Safety Behaviors ◽

School Students ◽

Unsafe Behaviors ◽

The Relationship

Background: Incidents of violence, such as school bullying, are mainly caused by excessive mental stress of students, which will also lead to all kinds of psychologically unsafe behaviors. The emotion regulation ability of students and the safety atmosphere level of campus will be considerably conducive to relieving the mental stress of students. This study aims to analyze the relationships of mental stress and regulatory emotional selfefficacy (RES) among students and campus safety atmosphere with their psychosocial safety behaviors (PSB). Methods: A total of 120 class teachers and 365 students from three junior high schools in Henan Province, China were selected as the study objects in 2019. Then, middle school students and RES, campus safety atmosphere, and PSB scales were assessed through a mental stress scale. Results: Mental stress (r=–0.8) of middle school students and campus safety atmosphere (r=0.86) had a significant negative and positive influence on their PSB, respectively. RES played a mediating role in the negative correlation between the mental stress of middle school students and their PSB (r=–0.57). Campus safety atmosphere could moderate the relationship between mental stress and RES (r=0.12). Campus safety atmosphere could moderate the mediating effect on the relationship between mental stress of middle school students and their PSB. Conclusion: Mental stress of middle school students will give rise to the occurrence of their psychologically unsafe behaviors. The improvement of the campus safety atmosphere level can effectively mitigate the mental stress of students to reduce the occurrence of unsafe behaviors.

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