Characteristics Of Junior High School Of Emotional Security And Its Relationship With Psychological Adjustment

Emotional security is a complex regulatory system in which the goal of security organizes responses to stress. It contains cognitive, affective, and behavioral components. Emotional security was identified as an explanatory mechanism for both internalizing and externalizing problems in children. The junior high school stage is a special period, children escapes from the family to come in the association of companions in gradually, with the association process of the companion also probably under the influence of emotional security, and affect their mental adjustment. But researches on the emotional security in junior high school now and not yet cause enough and thoughtful attentions , so this study aims at the constructions of the structure of emotional security, develops the questionnaire of emotional security at the same time ,and understand the general characteristics of junior high school student's emotional security . It will facilitate to carry the quality oriented education system out and offer the reference to the research on the mental health of junior high school.In study 1, Security in the Interparental Subsystem Scale was revised by questionnaire and security in the companion subsystem Scale was developed. In the study 2, structure and characteristics of junior student's emotional security were investigated by questionnaires survey. In study 3, the relations between emotional security and mental adjustment were investigated by questionnaire survey.The main findings in the above three studies are as follows:(1)The junior students'emotional security in the Interparental subsystem was investigated by the scale, which contain 7 dimensions: emotional reactivity, behavioral dysregulation, avoidance, involvement, constructive internal representation, destructive internal representation, and conflict spillover representations. Revised Security in the Interparental Subsystem Scale has high reliability and validity.(2)The junior students'emotional security in the companion subsystem was investigated by the scale, which contain 5 dimensions: emotional reactivity, behavioral dysregulation, avoidance, constructive internal representation, and destructive internal representation. Security in the companion subsystem Scale has high reliability and validity.(3)In the general distribution, the percent of parental secure style is higher than any other styles. At the same time, when facing parental conflict, girls were higher than boys in emotional reactivity, but lower in behavioral dysregulation. Country subjects show higher than city subject in emotional reactivity, involvement, and destructive internal representation. Moreover as the growth of age, junior students show more avoidance and lower involvement.(4)In the general distribution, the percent of companion dismissing style is higher than any other styles. At the same time, when facing companion conflict, girls were higher than boys in avoidance, but lower in behavioral dysregulation.Country subject show higher than city subject in emotional reactivity, and destructive internal representation. Moreover as the growth of age, junior students show lower avoidance and behavioral dysregulation.(5)The parental secure style's mental adjustment is superior to the unsecure. Among them, dismissing style is easy to appear anxiety; preoccupied style is easy to appear depression.(6)The companion secure style's mental adjustment is superior to the unsecure. Among them, preoccupied style is easy to appear anxiety; dismissing style is easy to appear depression.