Childhood Trauma And Adolescent Problem Behavior: The Mediating Role Of Social Support And Coping Styles

With the rapid development of our country and society,there have been many changes in the internal and external environment for the growth of adolescents.The problem behaviors of young people have been on an increasing trend,and the harm has gradually attracted the attention of the community.The occurrence of problem behaviors is the result of interactions between external environments such as schools,families,and society,and internal psychological factors within individuals.But early childhood experiences of individuals in particular,have suffered traumatic experiences,may increase the probability of their behavior problems.This study explores the relationship between adolescent childhood trauma and problem behavior,and further analyzes whether social support and coping styles have a mediating role in adolescent childhood trauma and problem behavior by introducing social support and coping styles.And then,propose appropriate educational recommendations to reduce problem behaviors of adolescents,to promote the mental health of them.This study builds on the concepts,measurement tools,and review of existing studies of childhood trauma,problem behavior,social support,and coping styles.Aiming at adolescents in Haikou City,Hainan Province,a stratified sampling method was used to select 3 junior high schools and 2 high schools in Haikou City.A total of 752 junior high school students and senior high school students were investigated.The following conclusions were reached:(1)In the aspect of childhood trauma,boys had significantly higher childhood trauma scores than girls;rural adolescents had significantly higher childhood trauma scores than urban adolescents;teens' parents with bad relationship,divorces,and remarriage scored significantly higher childhood trauma scores than adolescents with good parental relationships;grandparents or other relatives cared for teens had significantly higher childhood traumatic scores than parents who took care of them;caregivers affected by the low level of education of young people whose childhood trauma the higher the score.But there was no significantdifference in childhood trauma among adolescents only child and different grades.(2)In the aspect of the social support,rural adolescents had significantly higher social support scores than urban adolescents;the social support scores of only children were significantly higher than those of non-only children;teens' parents with bad relationship,divorces,and remarriage scored significantly lower social support scores than adolescents with good parental relationships;The higher the educational level of caregivers,the higher their social support score.However,there was no significant difference in social support between different genders,different grades,and the main caregivers of different families.(3)In the aspect of coping styles,urban adolescents are significantly more active than rural adolescents;the higher the grade,the adolescents' coping style is more active;Adolescent coping styles with good parental relationships are significantly more positive than those with bad parental relationships,divorce,and remarriage;caregivers affected by the higher level of education of its adolescents more positive coping styles.But there was no significant difference in coping styles among different genders,whether they were only children,and who were the main caregivers of different families.(4)In the aspect of problem behavior,teens' parents with bad relationship,divorces,and remarriage scored significantly higher problem behavior scores than adolescents with good parental relationships;the lower the educational level of the caregivers,the higher the score of their problem behaviors.However,there was no significant difference in problem behavior between different genders,different family locations,whether they were only children,different grades,and different families' main caregivers.(5)Adolescent childhood trauma,social support,coping style,and problem behavior are significantly related to each other;Adolescent social support and coping style are as an individual psychological resources and external resources and internal psychological resources,showed a significant negative correlation to childhood trauma and problem behavior.(6)Adolescent childhood trauma,social support,and coping styles all have predictive effects on problem behaviors.(7)Social support and coping styles of adolescents play a partial mediating role between childhood trauma and problem behavior.