Left-Behind Children’s Psychological Maltreatment and Aggressive Behavior: Chain Mediating Effect of Resilience and Interpersonal Sensitivity

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2022.03.010

Abstract

Abstract: In order to explore the relationship between left-behind children’s psychological maltreatment and aggressive behavior, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 754 left-behind children by using the Child Psychological Maltreatment Scale, the Resilience Questionnaire, Interpersonal Sensitivity Scale and Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire. The results showed that: 1) Interpersonal sensitivity and aggressive behavior were positively correlated with Psychological maltreatment, while resilience was negatively related to psychological maltreatment. 2) Resilience and interpersonal sensitivity played partial mediating roles between psychological maltreatment and aggressive behavior. 3) Resilience and interpersonal sensitivity played significant chain mediating roles between psychological maltreatment and aggressive behavior.

Key words: left-behind children, psychological maltreatment, aggressive behavior, resilience, interpersonal sensitivity

摘要： 为探究留守儿童心理虐待与攻击行为之间相关关系，采用修订后的儿童心理虐待量表、留守儿童心理弹性问卷、SCL-90中的人际关系敏感分量表和Buss-Perry攻击行为量表对754名留守儿童进行调查。结果发现：（1）心理虐待对留守儿童心理弹性具有显著负向预测作用，对人际敏感和攻击行为具有显著正向预测作用。（2）心理弹性和人际敏感分别在心理虐待与攻击行为之间起到部分中介作用。（3）心理弹性和人际敏感在心理虐待与攻击行为之间起到链式中介作用。

关键词: 留守儿童, 心理虐待, 攻击行为, 心理弹性, 人际敏感

CLC Number:

B844

LI Xiaomei, JIANG Yingjie, YU Mingyang, YUAN Yuan, LIU Fangfang. Left-Behind Children’s Psychological Maltreatment and Aggressive Behavior: Chain Mediating Effect of Resilience and Interpersonal Sensitivity[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2022, 20(3): 353-360.

李晓玫, 姜英杰, 于明阳, 袁媛, 刘芳芳. 留守儿童心理虐待与攻击行为：心理弹性和人际敏感的链式中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2022, 20(3): 353-360.

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