A Study of Relationship between Family Environment and Aggressiveness for Middle School Students——Mediating Effect of Empathy

Abstract

Abstract: In this study, 428 middle school students were randomly selected from three schools in Taiyuan, using the method of random sampling and questionnaires. The relationship among family environment, empathy, and aggression was mainly discussed. The study found that family environment was related with aggression as well as empathy. Empathy has a partial mediating effect between different dimensions of family environment and the aggressiveness of middle school students. These dimensions of family environment can directly influence aggression, and it can also indirectly affect the aggression through empathy.

Key words: Family environment, empathy, aggression, middle school students

摘要： 采用问卷测量的方法，从山西省太原市共三所学校中抽取428名初中生作为研究对象，主要探讨了家庭环境、共情、攻击性三者之间的关系。研究发现：初中生的家庭环境、共情与攻击性之间存在两两相关的关系。家庭亲密度、情感表达、文化性、娱乐性可以直接影响攻击性，也可以间接通过共情影响攻击性，共情在两者之间有部分中介效应。

关键词: 家庭环境, 共情, 攻击性, 初中生

CLC Number:

B844.2

WANG Lu, SONG Juan, WEI Yanqiu, XIE Hongyu, PENG Yao, ZHANG Jingda. A Study of Relationship between Family Environment and Aggressiveness for Middle School Students——Mediating Effect of Empathy[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2019, 17(2): 216-222.

王璐, 宋娟, 魏艳秋, 解鸿宇, 彭瑶, 张静达. 初中生家庭环境与攻击性的关系：共情的中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2019, 17(2): 216-222.

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