Related factors of sociodemographic characteristics and systemic family dynamics of different self-esteem groups of junior middle school students / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objectives: To explore related factors of sociodemographic characteristics and family dynamics of different self-esteem groups of junior middle school students. Methods: A total of 1059 junior middle school students were recruited. The Self-designed sociodemographic characteristic questionnaire, the Self-Esteem Scale and the Selfrating scale of systemic family dynamic were applied. According to SES scores, the high self-esteem group, the middle group and the low group were constructed. The differences of sociodemographic characteristics and systemic family dynamics were compared between these groups by χ2-test and ANCOVA. Ordinal logistic regression was conducted to determine the relation between self-esteem and sociodemographic characteristics and family dynamic factors. Results:The higher self-esteem group had the better of parental education attainment, family life quality, parent relationship, and the more subjects born in Shanghai (Ps ＜ 0. 05). After controlling the above sociodemographic characteristics, family atmosphere scores and individuality scores in the high self-esteem group were the lowest and these in the low group were highest (Ps ＜ 0. 05). Not being born in Shanghai (OR = 1. 57, 95％ CI 1. 15-2. 14) was a risk factor for low self-esteem, while the lower scores of family atmosphere (OR = 0. 48, 95％ CI 0. 36-0. 65) and the lower scores of individuality (OR = 0. 66, 95％ CI 0. 52-0. 83) were protective factors for low self-esteem. Conclusion:It suggests that there are significant different sociodemographic characteristics and family dynamic factors among different self-esteem junior middle school students. Self-esteem may be related to whether being born natively, family atmosphere, and individuality in junior middle school students.