<p>The protective effect of psychological <em>suzhi</em> on the relationship between school climate and alcohol use among Chinese adolescents</p>

Abstract

Background: There issome research on school climate impact on adolescent alcohol use in the Western social context; however, there is no research on school climate impact on adolescent alcohol use in China. This study aimed to explore the effect of school climate on Chinese adolescents’ alcohol use, and the moderating role of psychological suzhi between them. Methods : A total of 801 adolescents (45.8% boys, 14.96±1.66 years) completed self-reports on school climate, psychological suzhi, and alcohol use. Results: Moderation analyses revealed that both school climate and psychological suzhi significantly negatively predicted adolescents’ alcohol use, and the interaction of school climate and psychological suzhi significantly positively predicted adolescents’ alcohol use. Moreover, the effect of school climate on adolescents’ alcohol use was stronger for low psychological suzhi adolescents than high psychological suzhi adolescents. Conclusions: We can build good school climate by formulating of national level legal and regulations and good social norms, and use mature interventions or cultivation strategies to improve adolescents’ psychological suzhi in order to better play its role in protection.

Bullying victimization and suicidal ideation among adolescents: The mediating role of psychological suzhi and the moderating role of perceived school climate

“…The cognitive quality, which is shown through cognitive processing (Wang, 2013), determines the degree to which individuals perceive the school climate, that is, under the positive perceived school climate, negative events such as bullying and victimization will have a lower negative impact on psychological suzhi. The positive effect of psychological suzhi on suicidal ideation will be enhanced (Liu et al, 2019). Therefore, we proposed the following hypothesis (H4): perceived school climate is also a moderated factor in the mediating (psychological suzhi) first half of pathway.…”

“…Previous studies have pointed out that a positive perceived school climate could both protect negative factors and positively promote the development, healthy growth and academic performance of adolescents (Thapa et al, 2013). Positive perceived school climate can improve adolescents' school adjustment and then buffer the negative impact of bullying (Liu et al, 2019). From the perspective of ecosystem theory (Bronfenbrenner, 1989), the positive perceived school climate reflected the harmonious relationship between individuals and various micro-systems to some extent.…”

“…According to that theory, individual suicidal ideation was influenced by interaction of bullying victimization and perceived school climate. Moreover, many studies found that negative perceived school climate could hinder the adolescents from meeting basic psychological needs and then lead to unbearable psychological distress, such as worthlessness, hopelessness, and so on (Liu et al, 2019;Zhang et al, 2014). Those are all risk factors for suicide, namely the negative perceived school climate is much more likely to result in adolescent internal problems (Li et al, 2012).…”

Relationship between psychological suzhi and internet addiction among chinese college students

“…The results showed that psychological suzhi affects the early behaviour development of adolescents as a mediator. Liu et al (2019) explored the relationship between psychological suzhi, school climate and alcohol use. The results showed that psychological suzhi can effectively predict alcohol use and adolescents with low psychological suzhi are more likely to use alcohol than adolescents with high psychological suzhi.…”

Forgiveness as a Mediator between Psychological Suzhi and Prosocial Behavior in Chinese Adolescents

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