The Influence Of Parents’ Participation On The Problem Behaviors Of Junior High School Students From Divorced Families: The Protective Effect Of Teachers’ Support

With the change of society,the development of modern family structure tends to be diversified,and the number of divorced families increases greatly.This leads to a series of problems of divorced families,especially the growth and development of children in divorced families.Junior high school stage is the key node of adolescent personality development,family environment and school environment have a very important impact on their growth and development.Based on the ecosystem theory and social support theory,this study examines the moderating role of teacher support in the influence of parents’ participation on adolescent problem behaviors in divorced families.In this study,the data of China Education Panel Survey(CEPS)2014-2015 academic year were used.The data were analyzed by linear regression analysis,moderating effect analysis and other statistical methods.The results showed that there were significant differences in gender and household registration among divorced families’ junior middle school students,but there was no significant difference in their parents’ participation in gender and household registration.There was a significant difference between parents’ participation and problem behaviors in divorced families’ junior middle school students,but there was no significant difference between the parents and the left behind junior middle school students.There is a significant correlation among parental participation,teacher support and problem behavior of junior high school students from divorced families.Both parental participation and teacher support have a significant negative impact on junior high school students’ problem behavior,that is,the higher the level of parental participation and teacher support of junior high school students from divorced families,the lower the level of their problem behavior.More importantly,the moderating effect of teacher support on parental involvement and problem behavior of junior high school students from divorced families is significant.Specifically,in the group with low teacher support,parental involvement has a greater impact on problem behavior,while in the group with high teacher support,parental involvement has no significant impact on problem behavior.In addition,the moderating effect of divorced families on junior middle school students,ordinary family junior middle school students and left behind junior high school students is found that the moderating effect of teacher support on parental participation and problem behaviors is only established in divorced families.On the one hand,the results of this study can arouse the attention of the community to the special vulnerable group of divorced teenagers,on the other hand,it has important practical implications for social work,which shows that teacher support plays an important role in protecting the behavior development of these teenagers.In practical work,we can enhance teacher support,increase the protection factor in the school environment,and enhance parents’ participation So as to effectively prevent and reduce the problem behavior of divorced family teenagers and promote their healthy growth.