Peer Relationships And Adolescent Depression:the Chain Mediating Role Of Self-compassion And Rumination

The growing sense of conflict between body and mind in adolescence makes the symptoms of depression increase significantly and depression has become one of the common psychological problems in adolescents.The attention and attention of all walks of life to adolescent depression has gradually increased.In recent years,with the deepening of the research on adolescent depression,a large number of domestic and foreign literature studies on the causes of adolescent depression,the existing research found that peer relationship can significantly predict adolescent depression.Through the summary of previous literature,it is found that self-compassion and rumination,two different emotional regulation strategies,can effectively predict the level of individual depression.Therefore,based on the original research,this paper considers introducing self-compassion and rumination into the relationship between peer relationship and adolescent depression,and considers the influence of positive and negative aspects of peer relationship on adolescent depression at the same time,so as to find an effective way to prevent and intervene adolescent depression.In this study,683 adolescents from a middle school in Zhumadian City were investigated by questionnaire.The results showed that:(1)the detection rate of depression among adolescents was35.5%,which was at a medium high level.There were significant differences in gender and grade of depression among adolescents,but no significant differences in whether they were the only child or not.(2)Adolescents’ peer relationships were at the medium level,and peer relationships could significantly predict the degree of depression,that is,peer victimization and depression were significantly positively correlated,while peer acceptance and depression were significantly negatively correlated.There was a significant negative correlation between self-compassion and adolescent depression,and a significant positive correlation between rumination and adolescent depression.(3)The degree of self-compassion and rumination in adolescents was slightly lower than the medium level,which partially mediated the relationship between peer relationship and adolescent depression.(4)Adolescent self-compassion and rumination play a chain mediating role between peer relationship and adolescent depression.The results of this study enrich the research on the factors of adolescent depression and help to clarify the relationship between peer relationship and two different.