Self-esteem and systemic family dynamics of junior middle school students / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objectives:To explore self-esteem and systemic family dynamics of junior middle school students with different family life quality and their association.Methods:A total of 1059 junior middle school students were recruited into the present study.The self-designed sociodemographic information questionnaire,the self-esteem scale and the Self-rating Scale of Systemic Family Dynamic (SSFD)were applied to assess subjects'sociodemographic information,self-esteem and systemic family dynamic factors.The association between the family life quality and selfesteem and systemic family dynamic factors were analyzed.Pearson correlation,multiple regression and AMOS were conducted to determine the relation between self-esteem and family dynamic factors.Results:The better family life quality,the higher scores of self-esteem and the lower scores of family atmosphere,individuation and disease conception(Ps ＜ 0.05).For the sample of all subjects,there were negative correlations among the scores of self-esteem and the scores of family atmosphere,individuation,system logic and disease conception (r =-0.41--0.12,P ＜0.01).Except the negative correlation between system logic and disease conception,there were positive correlations among the scores of the 4 dimensions of SSFD (r =-0.18-0.51,Ps ＜0.01).The scores of family atmosphere and individuation negatively predicted the self-esteem scores (β =-0.29,-0.23,Ps ＜ 0.01).The associations between the scores of self-esteem and family dynamic factors were existed among the different groups of family life quality.Conclusion:The junior middle school students with better family life quality tend to have better self-esteem and systemic family dynamic factors;systemic family dynamics of junior middle school students could predict their self-esteem.