Research On The Relationship Between And Intervention Of Family Cohesion,Emotional Regulation Strategy And Friendship Quality Of Middle School Student

Middle school students stage is an important stage of individual social development.The function and demand satisfaction provided by the family are partially replaced by peers.Individuals begin to break away from the family,establish their own interpersonal relationship,and establish a relationship of mutual cooperation and learning with peers.Therefore,the positive interaction between peers can satisfy the psychological needs of individuals,and the appropriate satisfaction of needs enables individuals to adjust their roles in the relationship,establish and maintain a good interpersonal relationship with others,and feel safe and valuable in the relationship,which has a profound impact on the development of personality and body and mind.According to the self-determination theory,the purpose of this study was to explore the influence mechanism of family cohesion and emotion regulation strategies on friendship quality of middle school students,and to design corresponding group counseling programs according to the research results.In study 1,850 middle school students in Fujian Province and Henan Province were surveyed by Family Cohesion Subscale,Emotion Regulation Strategy Scale and Friendship Quality Questionnaire.The results showed that:(1)There are significant differences in the family intimacy of middle school students in grade,whether they are the only child or not,and where the family comes from.There are significant differences in cognitive reappraisal strategies in gender,and significant differences in expression inhibition in urban areas.There were significant differences in friendship quality between genders and grades.(2)Family cohesion,cognitive reappraisal strategy and friendship quality were significantly positively correlated.Family closeness was negatively correlated with expression inhibition,while expression inhibition was not significantly correlated with friendship quality.(3)Cognitive reappraisal strategy played a partial mediating role in the relationship between family closeness and friendship quality.In study 2,a mixed design of 2(pre-test,post-test)× 2(experimental group,control group)was adopted.Taking 36 junior high school students in Longyan City,Fujian Province as the research object,the subjects were divided into experimental group and control group.The experimental group received group counseling intervention for two months with cognitive-behavior-oriented group counseling activities,while the control group received no intervention measures.Before and after the experimental intervention,the two groups were tested by the emotional regulation scale and friendship quality questionnaire,and the following conclusions were drawn: group counseling has a good intervention effect on improving the cognitive reappraisal strategy and friendship quality of middle school students.