The Development of Pathological Internet Use and Its Relationship with Self-Esteem among Junior High School Students: The Moderating Role of Classmate Relationship

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 1345-1354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guohua ZHANG ◽  
Bibing DAI ◽  
Li LEI
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Pathological Internet Use ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals Non-exposure parenting increases risk of bullying behavior in junior high school students

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surilena Hasan ◽  
Jessica Jessica
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Bullying Behavior

<p><strong>Background </strong><strong></strong></p><p>Bullying behavior is one of many behavioral and disciplinary problems among school students, which has a wide impact on youth, families, schools, and communities. Parenting and the role of parents as good educators (exposure) can prevent mental, emotional and behavioral disorders caused by bullying. The aim of this study was to determine the role of self-esteem and family factors on bullying behavior in junior high schools students.</p><p><strong>Methods</strong></p><p>A cross-sectional study was conducted including 1324 junior high school students of Penjaringan village, North Jakarta. Respondents filled out questionnaires on demographics (age, gender, economic status, educational level), Rosenberg self-esteem questionnaire, strength and difficulties questionnaire, Olweus bullying questionnaire, Hamilton scale for depression, parenting style, and family adaptability and cohesion scales III. Simple and multivariate logistic regression tests were used to analyze the data.</p><p><strong>Results</strong></p><p>Respondents consisted of 53.5% females and 46.5% males, with an age range of 13-16 years. A total of 45% was involved in bullying (victims, perpetrators, and victims and perpetrators). Gender, self-esteem, family relationships, and parenting were significantly associated with bullying role (p&lt;0.05). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that self-esteem (odds ratio=23.89; 95% CI:7.899-12.990) and non-exposure parenting (odds ratio=39.11;95% CI: 2.455-8.210) were significantly associated with bullying behavior. <em></em></p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong><strong>s</strong></p>Non-exposure parenting was the most relevant risk factor of bullying behavior. Low self-esteem increases the risk of bullying behavior.<strong><em> </em></strong>These findings suggest the need of timely bullying prevention and intervention programs that should have a special focus on families of primary high school students.

scholarly journals Influencing factors of aggressive behavior among left-behind junior high school students: structural equation model

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Fei Li ◽  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Juan Li ◽  
Yi-Ping Chen ◽  
Si-Lan Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Left Behind

Abstract Background High aggressive behavior will harm the physical and mental health of children, and the probability of aggressive behaviors among left-behind junior high school students is significantly higher than that of non-left-behind ones, but the systematic research and intervention measures concerning the aggressive behavior of the left-behind junior high school students quite deficient at present. This study adopts the structural equation model to analyze the interrelationship and action modes of various factors affecting the aggressive behavior of the left-behind junior high school students to provide scientific basis for the mitigation and prevention of their aggressive behavior. Methods A structural equation model was constructed based on data from a cross-sectional survey of 751 left-behind junior high school students using Adolescent Self-rating Life Events Checklist, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Resilience Scale for Chinese Adolescents, Coping Style Questionnaire, and Buss-Warren Aggression Questionnaire. Results Self-esteem, resilience, positive coping, negative coping and household income have different direct or indirect effects on the aggressive behavior of left-behind junior high school students. Among them, self-esteem, resilience, positive coping and negative coping are the important mediating factors between life events and aggressive behavior of left-behind junior high school students. Conclusions Parents, teachers and temporary guardians in the care of left-behind children should try to avoid possible adverse effects that the life events have on the children, meanwhile should also through effective psychological intervention and social support, improving the self-esteem, psychological resilience and positive coping tendencies of left-behind children, in order to reduce or prevent their aggressive behaviors.

SELF-DISCLOSURE AND FRIENDSHIP IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 515-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rumi Matsushima ◽  
Kunio Shiomi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
The Relationship

Close relationship during adolescence plays an important role in the young person's overall psychological development. As the most important factor about the development of a close relationship, many studies have emphasized the role of self-disclosure. In this study, the relationship between self-disclosure and friendship in adolescence was examined.Two scales about self-disclosure and friendship were administered to 454 junior high school students. The types of friendship in early adolescence were explored, and the relationship between types of friendship and self-disclosure was examined.

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