Resilience, emotional problems, and behavioural problems of adolescents in China: Roles of mindfulness and life skills

Huang, Chien Chung; Chen, Yafan; Cheung, Shannon; Greene, Loren; Lu, Shuang

doi:10.1111/hsc.12753

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“…In one study, the mindfulness intervention group reported significant decreases on rumination, intrusive thoughts, and emotional arousal [ 78 ]. In another mindfulness-based intervention that incorporated concepts from life skill training, mindfulness was associated with reductions in adolescent emotional and behavioral problems, while life skills were associated with greater resilience [ 39 , 55 ]. Given our findings, interventions such as these can be used to improve the QoL of students.…”

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Mind Over Matter: Mindfulness, Income, Resilience, and Life Quality of Vocational High School Students in China

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2020

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Many social welfare programs focus on the provision of cash assistance and cash transfers to improve the quality of life (QoL) of those living in low-income households. While there is literature to support a positive relationship between income and QoL, studies have shown that QoL is impacted by non-income-related factors. This study examined the effects of income and mindfulness on QoL through a mediator, resilience, and attempts to answer the question of how important income is to QoL, relative to a non-income-based determinant, mindfulness. Using a sample of 905 emerging adults from the senior class of a secondary vocational high school based in an impoverished county of China, we studied two key determinants of QoL, income and mindfulness, as well as respective pathways, during a particularly critical stage of life. The results indicated that mindfulness had strong direct and indirect effects on QoL via resilience, while income had only limited indirect effects on QoL via resilience. Policy implications were discussed.

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“…Several studies have found positive relationships between mindfulness and resilience [ 15 , 38 , 39 , 40 ]. Meanwhile, resilience and life satisfaction were shown to have a significant positive relationship in a sample of 1400 Chinese college students [ 41 ].…”

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“…The total sum of item scores was used as our measure of life skills and ranged from 10 to 50. In addition to the preceding measures, we also included participant age and gender as the covariates for resilience (Huang et al, 2019).…”

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“…The empirical literature has provided ample evidence of supporting theoretical framework of the resilience theory that mindfulness and life skills improve individual mental awareness and behavioral skills that lead to increased level of resilience (e.g., Huppert and Johnson, 2010;Jha et al, 2017;Kummabutr et al, 2017;Botvin LifeSkills Training, 2018;Huang et al, 2019) and that high level of resilience is associated with low level of EBPs among children and adolescents (e.g., Ziaian et al, 2012;Arslan, 2016).…”

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Mindfulness, Life Skills, Resilience, and Emotional and Behavioral Problems for Gifted Low-Income Adolescents in China

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In contrast to emotional and behavioral problems (EBPs), which can disrupt normal adolescent development, resilience can buffer the effects of stress and adverse childhood experiences and can help youth overcome adversity. While research has looked at the relationship between adolescent resilience and EBPs, current literature relatively lack a discussion of a strengths-based approach of resilience framework, nor discuss non-western sociocultural contexts. In this study, we utilized the resilience theory to examine the effects of individual mindfulness and life skills on resilience and consequently on EBPs in a group of low-income and gifted adolescents in China. A secondary data of 152 adolescents from a specialized school for low-income and gifted students in Guangzhou, China was used for the analysis. The findings from structural equation modeling indicated that mindfulness and life skills were associated with heightened resilience and reduced EBPs. In addition, resilience reduced EBPs for this group of adolescents. These findings underscore the promise of mindfulness and life skills training on increasing resilience and reducing EBPs in gifted adolescents.

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“…Therefore, the psychological measurement characteristics of the RS-14 were tested in 60 adolescents from a Beijing school for students with poor behaviour. This indicated that enhanced resilience is related to life skills, while ameliorating behavioural and emotional problems is connected to “mindfulness” [ 36 ]. Chung et al using data from 1,816 Hong Kong Chinese adolescents, concluded that it is highly important to formulate intervention measures to enhance the resilience of teenagers and promote their positive mental health [ 37 ].…”

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Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Resilience Scale (RS-14): Preliminary results

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Background In recent years, resilience has received extensive attention in psychology. The 14-Item Resilience Scale (RS-14) has been developed as a newer and shorter version of the resilience scale and has been applied in Western countries. In Eastern cultures, however, and particularly among Chinese populations, its factor structure remains unverified. The purpose of this study is to realize the first evaluation of the psychometric characteristics of the Chinese version of the RS-14 in young adults from Mainland China. Methods The resilience scale, Connor-Davidson resilience scale, general health questionnaire 12, perceived stress scale 14, general self-efficacy scale and meaning in life questionnaire were used to investigate 1010 undergraduates (321 male college students, 689 female college students, aged 17–25 years; mean age = 20.27; SD = 1.572). We evaluated the item quality, latent structure, reliability, criterion validity and differential item functioning on the gender variable. Results Through the analysis methods of exploratory and confirmatory factor-analytic, the original single-factor model has been proven to be applicable within the Chinese population. Both an adequate construct validity and an excellent degree of reliability were reflected in the data. In addition, test-retest evinced good stability. The current study interrogates associations with external criteria, as well as providing evidence in support of the RS-14. Conclusion To sum up, this study showed that the RS-14 is a reliable assessment for measuring resilience in China, and provides an alternative to the original scale.

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Resilience, emotional problems, and behavioural problems of adolescents in China: Roles of mindfulness and life skills

Cited by 11 publications

References 43 publications

Mind Over Matter: Mindfulness, Income, Resilience, and Life Quality of Vocational High School Students in China

Mind Over Matter: Mindfulness, Income, Resilience, and Life Quality of Vocational High School Students in China

Mindfulness, Life Skills, Resilience, and Emotional and Behavioral Problems for Gifted Low-Income Adolescents in China

Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Resilience Scale (RS-14): Preliminary results

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