Relationship Between Childhood Emotional Abuse and Self-Esteem: A Dual Mediation Model of Attachment

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 793-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuqi Liu ◽  
Xiaodan Chen ◽  
Pingfang Song ◽  
Aitao Lu ◽  
Lu Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Childhood Emotional Abuse

We tested the hypothesis that childhood emotional abuse would be positively associated with fearful attachment, whereas it would be negatively associated with secure attachment and self-esteem, with attachment mediating the linkage between childhood emotional abuse and self-esteem. Chinese college students (N = 554) completed measures of childhood emotional abuse, secure/fearful attachment, and self-esteem. Dual mediation analysis based on 5,000 bootstrap samples showed that childhood emotional abuse affected self-esteem through both secure attachment and fearful attachment, with the indirect effect through secure attachment being stronger relative to that through fearful attachment. However, the direct effect of childhood emotional abuse on self-esteem was nonsignificant. The association patterns among childhood emotional abuse, secure/fearful attachment, and self-esteem show the need for more focus on developing children's secure attachment style to shape their positive self-esteem later in life.

The Importance of Love as a Basis of Marriage

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Sprecher ◽  
Elaine Hatfield
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Individual Difference ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Change Over Time ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Individual Difference Variables ◽  
Important Basis ◽  
Over Time

This study extended prior research on attitudes about the importance of love as a basis for marriage. With data from a sample of 4,245 college students, obtained over a 16-year period, we found that both men and women, but women to a slightly greater degree than men, rated love as important for entering marriage. Over the 16-year period of the study, the importance of love as a prerequisite for marriage decreased slightly for men. Other individual difference variables (beyond gender) that were found to be associated positively with viewing love as an important basis for marriage included being White (vs. Black), high self-esteem, restrictedness in sociosexuality (true for women only), and a secure attachment style. Participants were more undecided or ambivalent about whether love is necessary to maintain a marriage. The importance of love for maintaining marriage was rated slightly higher by women (than by men), less religious participants, those whose parents had divorced, and those who were unrestricted in their sociosexuality; this belief was not found to change over time.

Why victimized by peers promotes cyberbullying in college students? Testing a moderated mediation model in a three-wave longitudinal study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Chen Zhang ◽  
Lin-Xin Wang ◽  
Kai Dou ◽  
Yue Liang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Online Bullying ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
High Level

Cyberbullying is a major youth social problem over the world and it has been associated with a variety of negative outcomes. However, few studies investigated how offline peer victimization affect cyberbullying and the potential relations between family factors and cyberbullying remains unknown. The current study addresses this gap in knowledge by examining the victimized by peers is associated with higher moral disengagement which further promotes college student’s bullying online. A three-wave longitudinal study, each wave spanning six months apart, was conducted in a sample of 521 Chinese college students (Mage = 22.45, SD = 4.44, 59.3% girls). Results of moderated mediation model shown that peer victimization at T1 predicted more cyberbullying at T3 through moral disengagement at T2, after controlling for demographic variables and cyberbullying at T1. T2 moral disengagement significantly mediating the association between T1 peer victimization and T3 cyberbullying. In addition, high level of negative parenting strengthened the effect of moral disengagement at T2 on cyberbullying at T3. The prevention and intervention for both offline and online bullying victimization are discussed.

Restoring meaning: Self-uncertainty increases subjective distance between the past and present self

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Qing Yang ◽  
Oscar Ybarra ◽  
Yufang Zhao ◽  
Xiting Huang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Appraisal Theory ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
The Past ◽  
Subjective Distance ◽  
Maintenance Model

Based on the meaning maintenance model and temporal self-appraisal theory, we conducted 2 experiments with Chinese college students to test how self-uncertainty salience affected the subjective distance between the past and present self. We manipulated uncertainty salience and asked participants to explicitly (Study 1) or implicitly (Study 2) indicate their subjective distance. Participants in both studies increased the subjective distance when uncertainty was made salient. In addition, this effect was moderated by dispositional self-esteem in Study 2, with participants with low self-esteem reporting greater subjective distance than did high self-esteem participants after uncertainty-salience priming. These findings suggest that the process of appraising the past self may help individuals deal with feelings of uncertainty about the present self.

Gratification, Loneliness, Leisure Boredom, and Self-Esteem as Predictors of SNS-Game Addiction and Usage Pattern Among Chinese College Students

2019 ◽  
pp. 613-629
Author(s):  
Selina Xingyuan Zhou ◽  
Louis Leung
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Usage Pattern ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Game Addiction ◽  
Leisure Boredom ◽  
Sns Games

This study investigated the relationships between perceived social network sites (SNS)-game addiction and gratifications, loneliness, leisure boredom, self-esteem, and usage of SNS-games. Data were gathered from a sample of 342 college students aged 18 to 22 in mainland China. Factor analysis yielded a three-factor gratifications structure (achievement, inclusion, and entertainment) based on the 11 motives for playing an SNS game obtained in a focus group. As hypothesized, loneliness and leisure boredom were found to be significant predictors of the level of SNS-game use and likelihood of addiction. SNS-game addicts tended to be male, lonely, often leisurely bored, and motivated by winning virtual money and gaining a sense of achievement. However, self-esteem was not a significant predictor. Implications for university administrators and suggestions for future research were discussed.

Self-esteem instability and academic outcomes in American and Chinese college students

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 455-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virgil Zeigler-Hill ◽  
Haijiang Li ◽  
Jasmine Masri ◽  
Andrea Smith ◽  
Jennifer Vonk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Outcomes ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Chinese College Students

scholarly journals The Impact of Childhood Emotional Abuse on Pain Interference Among People with Chronic Pain who Inject Drugs in Vancouver, Canada

Pain Medicine ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 704-713
Author(s):  
Amy Prangnell ◽  
Jean Shoveller ◽  
Pauline Voon ◽  
Hennady Shulha ◽  
Cameron Grant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
People Who Inject Drugs ◽  
Multivariable Analysis ◽  
Mental Health Disorder ◽  
Pain Interference ◽  
Childhood Emotional Abuse ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Objective High levels of chronic pain interference with daily activities are known to negatively impact quality of life. Although mental health conditions have been associated with pain interference and child abuse, research has been mixed regarding it acting as a mediator, with even less known among people who inject drugs. Therefore, we sought to explore childhood emotional abuse and pain interference among this population. Methods Data were derived from two prospective cohort studies of community-recruited people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada, between June 2014 and November 2016. We employed multivariable generalized estimating equations to examine the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and pain interference in the past six months. We also conducted a mediation analysis to examine whether mental health disorder diagnoses mediated this association. Results Among 822 eligible participants, 341 (41.5%) reported childhood emotional abuse. In a multivariable analysis, experiencing childhood emotional abuse remained independently associated with pain interference (adjusted odds ratio = 1.33, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.05–1.70) after adjusting for a range of confounders. Results from the mediation analysis yielded a statistically significant positive average causal mediation effect (β = 0.01, 95% CI = 0.001–0.02). Approximately 12% of the effect was due to mediation. Conclusions Our results demonstrate among people who inject drugs with chronic pain, those who experienced childhood emotional abuse were more likely to report pain interference, which was partially mediated by mental health disorder diagnosis history. These findings highlight the importance of incorporating screening and appropriate treatment for mental illness into chronic pain treatment.

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