| Adolescent aggressive behaviors have emerged as a significant social issue,closely related to the ecological background of the individual.Family is one of the most important environment for individual development.It plays an irreplaceable role in the development of adolescents.Family socioeconomic status is associated with a wide array of health,cognitive,and socioemotional outcomes,with effects beginning prior to birth and continuing into adulthood.Many previous studies have explored the impact of family socioeconomic status on adolescent aggressive behavior.However,few studies have deeply explored the path and psychological mechanism of family socioeconomic status influencing adolescent aggressive behaviors.This study includes two parts of relevant research and experimental research.Study 1,a related research,adopting the method of questionnaire survey,chose 658 respondents,from two aspects of individual social cognition and parenting styles to investigate the mediating effect modes of family environment systems →individual social cognition →adolescent aggressive behaviors.It revealed the process of environmental system(Family Socioeconomic Status)how to influence adolescent aggressive behaviors.Structural equation modeling revealed that an objective indicator of family socioeconomic status was significantly related to aggressive behaviors;(b)subjective socioeconomic status and perceived discrimination was a chain mediating effect between the family socioeconomic status and the aggressive behavior;(c)subjective socioeconomic status and social exclusion was a chain mediation path linking the family socioeconomic status and the aggressive behavior;(d)the basic psychological need mediated partially the the associations between family socioeconomic status and aggressive behavior;(e)Subjective socioeconomic status and basic psychological need was a partial chain mediator between family socioeconomic status and the aggressive behavior;(f)parenting style and basic psychological need was a partial chain mediator between family socioeconomic status and the aggressive behavior.In Study 2,manipulated to temporarily experience diverse subjective socioeconomic ranks by four conditions of social comparison(Mac Arthur Ladder priming technique),a total of 120 subjects were chosen,and then the relationship between subjective socioeconomic status and aggressive behavior was investigated from an empirical point of view.we further examined the influence of subjective economic status and subjective social status on expectations for aggressive behaviors.A two-way ANOVA showed(a)comparison direction had a significant main effect,the upward comparison individuals reported to have greater expectations for aggressive behaviors,relative to the downward comparison ones;(b)there existed a significant interaction between comparison direction and status types.Post-hoc analysis indicated that comparison direction had a significant effect under the social status comparison.however,there was no effect under the economic status comparison;(c)state self-esteem mediated the effect of socioeconomic status on adolescent aggressive behavior.Based on the above research,key findings are listed as following:(1)The objective socioeconomic status in the family is significantly related to aggressive behaviors.(2)Two factors,basic psychological needs and parenting styles,were incorporated into the structural equation model.There was no direct effect between the family socioeconomic status and the aggressive behaviors.Basic psychological needs and parenting styles mediated the associations between family socioeconomic status and aggressive behaviors.(3)Family socioeconomic status positively predicted subjective socioeconomic status.(4)The basic psychological need mediated the effect of subjective socioeconomic status on aggressive behaviors.(5)Subjective social status had greater effect on expectations for aggressive behaviors,relative to subjective economic status.In conclusion,socioeconomic status is the risk factor that affects adolescent aggressive behaviors.This influence is based on a series of mediate factors,such asnegative parenting styles,subjective socioeconomic status,basic psychological needs,perceived discrimination and social exclusion.The practical revelation to us is that we should take a series of measures to reduce the influence of low family socioeconomic status on adolescent aggressive behaviors in the process of teenagers’ growth.In family,parents should carry out parenting styles such as warm emotion and understanding.In school,we,teachers and students should try our best to provide respect,supporting and understanding to adolescents in low family socioeconomic status.With all solutions,we should make them feel needed,supported,respected and understood,and these feeling will be transformed to warm and positive strength that can change their cognitive and affect their behaviors. |
