Abstract
Based on the Cumulative Risk Model, a single risk factor cannot play a decisive role, but the cumulative ecological risks may have complex superposition effects on adolescents' problem behaviors. However, although many studies have investigated the specific influences of single external risk factors on problem behaviors, the effect of cumulative ecological risk on problem behaviors and especially the underlying mechanisms therein have been under-investigated. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the effect of cumulative ecological risk on adolescents' problem behaviors, and the mediating effects of core self-evaluation and basic psychological needs satisfaction therein. To achieve this, 1,080 adolescents in secondary vocational schools were surveyed with the questionnaires of cumulative ecological risk, basic psychological need satisfaction, core self-evaluation, externalizing and internalizing problem behaviors. Results showed that: (a) cumulative ecological risk was positively related with both internalizing problem behavior and externalizing problem behavior; (b) core self-evaluation and basic psychological need satisfaction not only respectively but also sequentially mediated the relationship between cumulative ecological risk and two sorts of problem behaviors. These results provide some pivotal implications for the precaution and intervention of the adolescent problem behaviors.
Highlights
In recent years, the Chinese government has spared no effort to develop the vocational education in order to satisfy the need for the vocational talents [1]
Results manifested that the cumulative ecological risk was positively correlated with both internalizing problem behaviors and externalizing problem behavior, while negatively related to core self-evaluation and basic psychological needs satisfaction
The results showed an ideal fit to the data in M3, with χ2(23) = 180.02, Comparative Fit Index (CFI) = 0.96, Tucker-Lewis Fit Index (TLI) = 0.93, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) = 0.08, SRMR = 0.04, Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) = 244.02
Summary
The Chinese government has spared no effort to develop the vocational education in order to satisfy the need for the vocational talents [1]. The secondary vocational education begins to hold a more and more important position in the entire education system. On this background, the health and behavior problem of students in secondary vocational schools. In China, vocational school students are mainly from the junior middle school graduates who flunk the entrance examination for regular high school because of unsatisfied academic performance [2]. Compared with regular high school students, vocational students in China are ordinarily characterized by heterogeneous educational levels. Secondary vocational schools have less competitive teaching faculties, lower education levels and poorer conditions [4]. The unique internal and external environment faced by secondary vocational students makes them more prone to health and problem behaviors
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