Child Abuse And Problem Behavior In Junior High School Students:the Mediating Role Of Social Support

Child abuse is a universal problem in the world,and childhood is an important period for the development of individuals in all aspects.Many studies have shown that childhood abuse will bring many problems to individuals and adversely affect their development.Social support is a protective factor for individual development and can reduce the impact of child maltreatment on individuals.Therefore,it is of great significance to discuss the relationship between child abuse,social support and problem behaviors to reduce the impact of child abuse.The survey choose guizhou anshun city people.here certain middle school of 1200 junior middle school students as subjects,with child abuse questionnaire,social support scale,advantages and difficulties questionnaire to survey tool,USES the method of questionnaire survey to collect the child abuse,social support and problem behaviors of relevant data,using SPSS 22.0 to deal with the result of the investigation,the following conclusions:(1)in this survey of junior high school students,the incidence of childhood abuse is relatively high,among which the incidence of physical neglect is 35.7%,emotional neglect is 25.4%,physical abuse is 14.3%,sexual abuse is 12.2%,and emotional abuse is 7%.(2)there are significant differences in gender,family economic situation,family atmosphere and other demographic variables of childhood maltreatment in junior middle school students.In terms of gender,there were significant differences in the total score of abuse,physical abuse,sexual abuse and physical neglect,and the score of boys was higher than that of girls.There were significant differences in the total score of abuse,emotional abuse,physical abuse and physical neglect.In different family atmosphere,there were significant differences in the total score of abuse,emotional abuse,physical abuse,sexual abuse,emotional neglect and physical neglect.(3)childhood maltreatment scores of junior high school students are correlated with social support.The total score of child abuse questionnaire,emotional abuse,physical abuse,emotional neglect and physical neglect were negatively correlated with the total score of subjective support,objective support,support utilization and adolescent social support scale,while sexual abuse was not correlated with the total score of subjective support,objective support,support utilization and adolescent social support scale.(4)childhood maltreatment scores of junior middle school students are correlated with problem behaviors.The total score of child abuse questionnaire,emotional abuse,physical abuse,emotional neglect,physical neglect,strengths and difficulties questionnaire,emotional symptoms,conduct problems,hyperactivity and peer communication problems were significantly positively correlated,and the dimensions and total score of child abuse questionnaire were significantly negatively correlated with prosocial behaviors.However,sexual abuse was positively correlated with behavior problems,peer interaction problems,strengths and difficulties,but not with emotional symptoms,and not with hyperactivity.(5)problem behavior scores of junior high school students are correlated with social support.Strengths and difficulties questionnaire scores mood symptoms and conduct problems,hyperactivity,peer exchanges,and adolescent total score of social support scale,subjective support,objective support,support utilization degree has significant negative correlation,and pro-social behavior and subjective support,objective support,support utilization degree,social support scale total score was significantly positively related to teenagers.(6)child maltreatment has a positive predictive effect on problem behaviors,and a negative predictive effect on social support,which plays a partial mediating role in child abuse and problem behaviors.Through this study,it is found that social support has a significant impact on the individual’s social adaptation,and more targeted measures can be taken to reduce the incidence of abuse and the harm caused by abuse,so as to find a more positive way of education so that children can grow up in a healthy and sunny environment.