The Research Of Perceived Stigma And Its Influence On Identity Integration Of Migrant Adolescents

The perceived stigma of migrant adolescents refers to the wrong cognitions,negative emotional reactions or improper behaviors perceived from the public or migrant themselves.As a widespread social phenomenon,stigma has a negative impact on the identity of migrant adolescents.Our research of migrant adolescents' perceived stigma and its influence on identity integration not only can enrich the research contents of adolescent social development,but also improve the effective intervention of migrant adolescents' mental health,and provide a theoretical basis for them to promote the integration into urban social life.Based on the previous literature review and interviews,we have compiled a questionnaire of migrant adolescents' perceived stigma which equipped with certain reliability and validity,and discussed the status quo and characteristics of migrant adolescents' perceived stigma and identity integration with a sample of 318 migrant adolescents who are aged from 12 to 18 years old in Sichuan and Chongqing districts,and also explored the intrinsic relationship among perceived stigma,identity integration,group permeability and coping style.Through experiment,the impact of perceived stigma on migrant adolescents' identity integration was further verified.The main conclusions as follows:(1)The perceived stigma questionnaire has a multi-dimensional structure,which contains the following five dimensions: differential treatment,self-deprecation,identity concealment,emotional rejection and stigma resistance.The coefficient of Cronbach's ?was 0.842.(2)There are significant differences in the demographic variables such as gender,school section,floating time and family status;The perceived stigma of boys is significantly higher than that of the girls,the identity integration of boys is significantly lower than that of girls;The perceived stigma of migrant middle school students is higher than that of high school students;The perceived stigma among adolescents with a flow time of less than 1 year is significantly higher than that of migrants of other age groups.The flow time is more longer,the identity integration is more higher of migrant adolescents.(3)The perceived stigma has significant negative correlations with identity integration among migrant adolescents.The group permeability has significant negativecorrelation with perceived stigma and has a significant positive correlation with identity integration.There is significant negative correlation between the positive coping style and identity integration.The negative coping style has significant positive correlation with perceived stigma and has significant negative correlation with identity integration.(4)The perceived stigma has a significantly negative prediction on the identity integration of migrant adolescents;The three factors of differential treatment,self-deprecation and emotional rejection play a major predictive role;The perceived stigma not only has a direct effect on the migrant adolescents' identity integration,but also influences the identity integration through coping group permeability and coping styles.Group permeability and coping styles could be the mediators between perceived stigma and identity integration.(5)The migrant adolescents' identity integration level in the high stigma group is lower than it in the low stigma group;The higher the individual's perceived stigma,the lower the degree of identity integration.