Schools In Guangzhou Research Articles

Examining the Impact of Organizational Justice and Identity on Teaching Effectiveness in Guangzhou’s Vocational-Technical High Schools

In the context of Guangzhou, China, vocational-technical high schools play a crucial role in meeting the demand for skilled labor, essential for the region’s industrial growth. Teaching effectiveness in these schools, however, can be influenced by organizational factors such as perceived fairness (organizational justice) and teachers’ sense of belonging (organizational identity). This study aims to investigate the influence of organizational justice and organizational identity on teaching effectiveness within vocational-technical high schools in Guangzhou. Using a quantitative research approach, data was collected from a random sample of 380 teachers and analyzed through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to explore the direct and indirect relationships among the variables. The findings reveal that organizational justice has a significant direct impact on teaching effectiveness and also indirectly enhances teaching effectiveness through its positive influence on organizational identity. The results underscore that both fairness and a strong organizational identity are essential for creating an environment that supports effective teaching. This research contributes to the understanding of how organizational factors impact teaching quality in vocational education, offering insights for school administrators to develop strategies that promote both teacher satisfaction and improved student outcomes.

‘One school, two systems’: Navigating the geographies of alternative education in an elite primary school in China

AbstractDespite the global rise of alternative education as a response to the limitations of standardised methods, little attention has been given to how these systems coexist with mainstream education, particularly in non‐Anglophone contexts. This article addresses this gap by examining a distinctive primary school in Guangzhou, China, where alternative and mainstream education coexist on the same campus. Utilising the framework of spaces of prescription and negotiation, the study explores how alternative educational spaces navigate the constraints of China's centralised educational system while maintaining their distinctiveness. The findings reveal that T School strategically adapts mainstream educational spatial forms to support its elite education philosophy, thereby underscoring the fluid boundaries and dynamic interplay between alternative and mainstream education. This research advances the understanding of the spatial and temporal strategies that alternative education employs within standardised systems, offering insights into the adaptability of educational boundaries. Furthermore, the study illuminates the flexibility of spaces of prescription and negotiation within overlapping and interconnected power geometries. By adopting a critical and poststructuralist approach, the framework could enrich the understanding of the fluidity and negotiation of educational boundaries globally. The study's findings carry significant implications for policymakers and educators, guiding the development of more inclusive and responsive educational policies worldwide.

Development of Multimedia Teaching Content for Basketball in High School

Background and Aim: In the continuous development of information technology, the global education sector has been greatly impacted by the globalization of information, the application of modern information technology can be seen everywhere, which will profoundly change education. Modern information technology with network and multimedia technology as the core has been applied in physical education teaching in schools and universities. It is necessary to reform and upgrade the traditional education mode and develop multimedia teaching methods. Therefore, this research was to develop multimedia teaching content for basketball in high school, to promote the use of multimedia technology in physical education teaching. Materials and Methods: The survey included 516 students and 35 teachers from 10 high schools in Guangzhou, questionnaire was used to investigate the current situation of basketball teaching. Then, 7 teachers were interviewed to consult the problem solutions, and the indicator contents of multimedia teaching content for basketball in high school was constructed by literature review and content analysis. Through 19 Delphi experts’ consensus, multimedia teaching content for basketball in high school was established. Finally, 9 experts were invited to confirm the developed multimedia teaching content by the Connoisseurship method. In this research, mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation were used to analyze the data. Results: After two rounds of Delphi method investigation, statistics, and modification, there are 92 indicators suitable for using multimedia in high school basketball teaching content. The content of high school multimedia basketball teaching is designed and includes the origin and development of basketball, sports injuries, and prevention, basic movement of a basketball player, dribble technique, one-handed marching shot, basic movement of a basketball player, basic basketball rules, shoot technique, pass technique, defend technique, breakthrough technique, advanced dribbling, steal technique, zone cooperation, pick and roll and defense, attacking match, fast break and defense, one-on-one check, offensive zone defense. Conclusion: The multimedia teaching content for basketball high school in Guangzhou was effective and appropriate, and can be integrated into the teaching plan.

Comparative Analysis of Chinese PE Teachers’ “Foster Virtues Through Education” Competencies in Selected Schools in Guangzhou, China

The study comparatively analyzed the “foster virtue through education” competencies of PE teachers in Guangzhou, China. The “foster virtue through education” competencies were measured as a composite of general competencies, integration competencies, and behavioral competencies. The study showed that PE teachers have excellent "foster virtue through education" competencies. No significant difference was observed in the comparisons of assessments based on the level of school assignment.

Internet addiction and health-related quality of life in adolescents: The mediating role of sleep disturbance

Internet addiction (IA) has emerged as a recognized risk factor associated with impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adolescents. However, the role of sleep disturbance in this association remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the association of IA with HRQOL in Chinese adolescents and to evaluate the potential mediating role of sleep disturbance. A cross-sectional study was conducted among adolescents attending six randomly selected middle schools in Guangzhou, China. Adolescents self-reported their internet use using the Young Diagnostic Questionnaire. HRQOL and sleep disturbance were assessed by the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory version 4.0 and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, respectively. Multivariate linear regression analysis was employed to assess the association between IA and HRQOL. Baron and Kenny's causal steps method was used to examine the possible mediating role of sleep disturbance. Of the 6473 adolescents included, 23.5% had maladaptive internet use (MIU) and 16.6% had pathological internet use (PIU). Compared to adolescents with adaptive internet use (AIU), those with IA had significantly lower scores across all HRQOL dimensions and summary scales. Mediation analysis revealed that sleep disturbance was a significant mediator. Specifically, sleep disturbance mediated 34.55% of the effects of MIU and 34.06% of the effects of PIU on the HRQOL total scale score , respectively. IA was associated with poorer HRQOL, indicating the needs of preventing IA in Chinese adolescents. Additionally, our findings underscored the importance of enhancing sleep quality to mitigate the adverse impact of IA on adolescents' well-being.

The Role of the Community Basketball Program on the Cultivation of Physical Fitness and Psychosocial Well-Being of High School Students in Selected Middle Schools

This study aims to explore the impact of community basketball programs on the physical and mental health of high school students in Panyu Middle School and Zhongyuan Middle School in Guangzhou. Fills a research gap in the existing literature by providing insights into the relationship between high school students' participation in community basketball programs and their physical, mental, and emotional health. The research covers major variables such as physical fitness level and psychosocial health of high school students, and determines the direction and goals of the research through a series of specific questions and hypotheses. Specifically, the study will investigate high school students' physical health indicators such as aerobic endurance, strength, flexibility, speed, and coordination, as well as social and psychological health indicators such as achievement motivation, social skills, self-awareness, and moral development. The study will use quantitative research methods, collect data through questionnaires, and cover high school students from Panyu Middle School in Guangzhou and Zhongyuan Middle School in Guangzhou to ensure representation and diversity. It also gives opinions on the physical health and mental health of high school students. Through an in-depth discussion of the impact of physical activities on the physical and mental health of adolescents, this study is expected to provide useful insights and suggestions for physical education and community basketball projects.

Gratitude and academic engagement: exploring the mediating effects of internal locus of control and subjective well-being.

This study aimed to explore the relationship between gratitude and academic engagement in Chinese students. The students of some junior high schools in Guangzhou were surveyed using the Gratitude Questionnaire-6, the School Engagement Questionnaire, the Levenson's IPC Scale, and the General Well-being Schedule. A total of 708 valid responses were collected. The results indicate a significant positive relationship between gratitude and academic engagement. Subjective well-being plays a mediating role between gratitude and academic engagement. Locus of control and subjective well-being serve as serial mediators between gratitude and academic engagement. These findings suggest that promoting students' academic engagement can be achieved by fostering gratitude and improving their internal locus of control and subjective well-being. By cultivating gratitude and enhancing these factors, educators and policymakers can create a more engaging and supportive learning environment for students.

Effects of digital game-based learning on students’ digital etiquette literacy, learning motivations, and engagement

Recent years have seen a substantial rise in the number of children and teenagers surfing the Internet; however, not all use this resource responsibly. Digital etiquette, a core element of digital citizenship, contributes to proper Internet adoption and reduces inappropriate behavior in cyberspace. To protect children and teenagers from harm online, it is essential to familiarize them with digital etiquette literacy and codes of Internet conduct from an early age. Digital citizenship education is relatively rare in Chinese primary schools. Research on student performance in this regard is also lacking. Digital game-based learning (DGBL) has demonstrated potential to enhance students' learning, motivations, and engagement. In this paper, we designed and implemented a digital game-based course intended to foster students' digital etiquette literacy. A quasi-experiment in a primary school in Guangzhou revealed that compared with conventional learning, DGBL improved students’ digital etiquette literacy while positively influencing their learning-related motivations and engagement. This study can serve as a reference for primary or secondary schools interested in teaching digital etiquette to support global digital citizenship education.

Optimizing classroom modularity and combinations to enhance daylighting performance and outdoor platform through ANN acceleration in the post-epidemic era

The global COVID-19 pandemic has increased attention to the relationship between the built environment and health, particularly in educational settings where students spend a significant amount of their time. Traditional side daylighting used in schools, while cost-effective and easy to construct, can result in uneven indoor daylighting. To address this issue, this paper proposes a terraced teaching building design model for primary and secondary schools in Guangzhou based on the design experience of an “open-air school movement” during a historical respiratory epidemic in the early 20th century. The proposed design relies on skylight for lighting, and each classroom has an outdoor platform. An optimization algorithm based on Spatial Daylight Autonomy (sDA), Uniformity of Daylighting (UOD), Annual Sunlight Exposure (ASE), Outdoor Platform Area (OPA), Gable Wall Length (GWL), and Space Utilization (SU) is used to obtain the optimal concrete form of the building. To speed up the simulation process, a set of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) based rapid prediction network models for complex forms is proposed. This group prediction method improves the simulation speed by 357 times and grossly speed up the optimization process based on six indexes in the early design stage, resulting in four terraced teaching buildings that meet the above criteria. Overall, the proposed design provides a novel architectural form that ensures overall visual comfort while promoting students' learning and physical health.

The Development of Physical Education Curriculum Martial Arts Sports for the Nine Years Compulsory Education Stage of Guangdong Province

Background and Aim: Based on the lack of existing teaching materials. The objective of this research was to construct the Wushu physical education curriculum in the nine-year compulsory education stage. Materials and Methods: This study is a survey study. The population samples of this study are five nine-year compulsory education schools in Guangdong Province, namely Bayi Experimental School in Guangzhou, Xiaode School in Baoan District, Shenzhen, Zhongte Wenwu School in Zhuhai, Affiliated School of Foshan No. 4 Middle School, and Shantou Jinhua Overseas Chinese Pilot School. There are 369 students, 21 teachers, and 23 experts in the field of martial arts. Results: 1) The selection of martial arts teaching content in the teacher's book of the Cantonese Education Edition is better than that of the People's Education Edition, but there are still lack of martial arts etiquette content, lack of boxing characteristics, too single theoretical content, insufficient evaluation content and content system issues still need to be improved; 2) During the implementation of teaching, there are problems such as the teaching content in the teacher's book cannot meet the needs of the class hours, the difficulty of the teaching content is not appropriate, and the sequence of the teaching content is not properly arranged, which leads to certain influences on the selection of the actual teaching content by teachers; 3) In the actual teaching implementation, teachers should make full use of lesson preparation resources in the setting of teaching content, deeply understand the new curriculum standards; they should fully analyze the academic situation, and consider the sensitive period of students' physical fitness and students' psychology. The characteristics and learning basis; should fully reflect the integrity of the content, rationally set the theoretical content, and appropriately increase the traditional boxing types, to make the teaching content system more complete. Conclusion: In the first stage of the level, the study of theoretical knowledge such as martial arts is added. The second stage of the level emphasizes the connection between the past and the next. For the consolidation and improvement of the content of the previous stage, the practice of prescribed routines is added to strengthen the basic skills exercises. Level three adds to the learning of martial arts equipment. The fourth stage of the level enriches the theoretical knowledge and increases the practice of characteristic boxing and equipment at the level of movement technology.

The application of artificial intelligence technology in education influences Chinese adolescent’s emotional perception

Humans need to accurately infer the intentions and feelings of others to engage in successful social interaction. However, the application of artificial intelligence technology in Education (AIEd) forms a human–machine collaborative environment which changed the interaction relationship of individuals, it may have an affect on them. This study aimed to explore whether AIEd affects adolescents’ emotional perception. Combined with the actual teaching situation and the result of the questionnaire, 1332 students recruited through random sampling from AI Curriculum Reform Demonstration Schools in Guangzhou participated in this study. Different emotional priming stimulative materials (sentences and situational pictures) were used in the experiments. The task was designed to investigate adolescents’ reaction time to emotional faces (positive, negative). After eliminating blank data and invalid data with response time greater than 150 ms, 977 and 962 valid data were included in the statistical analysis in experiment 1 and experiment 2 respectively. Results show that AIEd has a negative effect on adolescents’ emotional perception. Prior research has focused on theory to the exclusion of practical applications and the psychological impact of AIEd, thus this study makes an innovative contribution in exploring the impact of the application of artificial intelligence technology in education on adolescents’ physical and mental development by using empirical research methods.

Adolescent Aggressive Riding Behavior: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Prototype Willingness Model.

Cycling has always been popular in China, especially during the years when the government encouraged green travel. Many people participate in rides to ease traffic congestion and increase transfer convenience. Due to the disorganized and tidal nature of cycling, cyclists create many conflicts with other groups. Adolescents are vulnerable road users with a strong curiosity and risk-taking mindset. Identifying the factors influencing adolescents' aggressive riding behavior can assist in developing strategies to prevent this behavior. An online questionnaire was used to collect data on bicycling among students in a middle school in Guangzhou, China. The theory of planned behavior (TPB) and prototype willingness model (PWM) have been applied to study travel behavior and adolescent risk behavior. To investigate the impact of psychological variables on adolescent aggressive behavior, we used TPB, PWM, TPB + PWM, and an integrated model. Behavioral intentions are greatly influenced by attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. Both descriptive and moral norms played a role in behavioral willingness. The integrated model explained 18.3% more behavioral variance than the TPB model. The social reactive pathway explained more variance in behavior than the rational path.

Influence of artificial intelligence in education on adolescents' social adaptability: The mediatory role of social support.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely used in the field of education at present, but people know little about its possible impacts, especially on the physical and mental development of the educated. It is important to explore the possible impacts of the application of artificial intelligence in education (AIEd) in order to avoid the possible adverse effects. Prior research has focused on theory to the exclusion of the psychological impact of AIEd, and the empirical research was relatively lacking. This study aimed to identify the influence of AIEd on adolescents' social adaptability via social support. A total of 1332 students were recruited using random sampling from 13 Artificial Intelligence Curriculum Reform Experimental Schools in Guangzhou, Southern China, completed the survey. There were 342 primary school students (Meanage = 10.6), 351 junior high school students (Meanage = 13.1), and 639 senior high school students (Meanage = 15.8). Results showed that AIEd has a negative impact on adolescents' social adaptability, and is significantly negatively correlated with social adaptability and family support, but there is no significant correlation with school support. AIEd could not only affect social adaptability directly, but also could affected it through the family support.

Findings of indoor air pollution and childhood obesity in a cross-sectional study of Chinese schoolchildren

BackgroundAir pollution exposures are increasingly suspected to influence the development of childhood adiposity, especially focusing on outdoor exposure, but few studies investigated indoor exposure and childhood obesity. ObjectivesWe aimed to examine the association between exposure to multiple indoor air pollutants and childhood obesity in Chinese schoolchildren. MethodsIn 2019, we recruited 6499 children aged 6–12 years from five Chinese elementary schools in Guangzhou, China. We measured age-sex-specific body mass index z score (z-BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) on standard procedures. Four different indoor air pollution (IAP) exposures, including cooking oil fumes (COFs), home decoration, secondhand smoke (SHS), and incense burning, were collected by questionnaire and then converted into an IAP exposure index with four categories. Association between indoor air pollutants and childhood overweight/obesity as well as four obese anthropometric indices were assessed by logistic regression models and multivariable linear regression models, respectively. ResultsChildren exposed to ≥3 types of indoor air pollutants had higher z-BMI (coefficient [β]:0.142, 95% confidence interval [CI]:0.011–0.274) and higher risk of overweight/obesity (odd ratio [OR]:1.27, 95%CI:1.01–1.60). And a dose-response relationship was discovered between the IAP exposure index and z-BMI as well as overweight/obesity (pfor trend<0.05). We also found that exposure to SHS and COFs was positively associated with z-BMI and overweight/obesity (p < 0.05). Moreover, there was a significant interaction between SHS exposure and COFs on the higher risk of overweight/obesity among schoolchildren. Boys appear more susceptible to multiple indoor air pollutants than girls. ConclusionsIndoor air pollution exposures were positively associated with higher obese anthropometric indices and increased odds of overweight/obesity in Chinese schoolchildren. More well-designed cohort studies are needed to verify our results.

Association between early-life factors and pubertal timing in girls

To study the association between early-life factors (including birth weight, method of birth, gestational age, and history of gestational metabolic disorders) and pubertal timing in girls. The stratified cluster sampling method was used to select the girls in grades 2-3 and 7-8 from three primary schools and three middle schools in Guangzhou, China from March to December, 2019, and breast development was examined for all girls. A questionnaire survey was performed to collect the information on early-life factors. The multivariate logistic regression model was used to evaluate the association of gestational metabolic disorders, birth weight, method of birth, and gestational age with pubertal timing in girls. The Bootstrap method was used to assess the mediation effect of body mass index (BMI) (Z score) between high birth weight (≥4 000 g) and pubertal timing. A total of 1 665 girls were enrolled, among whom 280 (16.82%) were judged to have early pubertal timing. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that high birth weight was associated with the increased risk of early pubertal timing (OR=2.12, 95%CI: 1.19-3.66, P=0.008). Nevertheless, no significant association was observed between other early-life factors and pubertal timing (P>0.05). The OR for the mediation effect of BMI (Z score) between high birth weight and early pubertal timing was 1.25 (95%CI: 1.09-1.47), accounting for 29.33% of the total effect of high birth weight on early pubertal timing. High birth weight is associated with the increased risk of early pubertal timing in girls, and overweight/obesity may play a partial mediating role in the association between high birth weight and early pubertal timing in girls.

Development and validation of the resource loss due to reduction in gaming time scale among adolescent internet gamers in China

BackgroundAdolescent internet gaming disorder (IGD) is prevalent and positively associated with gaming time, a reduction of which is a common means of IGD prevention/treatment. Personal/interpersonal resource losses due to the reduction in gaming time (RL-RGT) are plausible. According to the Conservation of Resource (COR) theory, RL-RGT may cause mental distress and maladaptive behaviors. No study has investigated such relationships, partially due to the lack of validated tools assessing RL-RGT. This study aimed to develop and validate such a scale (RL-RGTS). MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted in four secondary schools in Guangzhou, China (October to December 2019). Secondary school students who had played internet games in the last 12 months participated in this study (n = 944), irrespective of their IGD status and intention to reduce gaming time. Using a deductive approach, an expert panel generated the 19 scale items. The half-split method was used to conduct exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. ResultsThe prevalence of IGD and intention to reduce gaming time were 10.9% and 74.2%, respectively. The exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses identified a 2-factor model (personal loss and interpersonal loss). Psychometric properties (internal consistency, no ceiling effect, and concurrent validity) were satisfactory, but noticeable floor effects were observed. ConclusionsThe RL-RGTS could be applied to understand potential side effects and obstacles regarding interventions reducing IGD through reducing gaming time. The findings support the COR theory and extend its applications to internet gaming research. Validations in other populations are warranted.

Childhood psychological abuse and relational aggression among adolescents: A moderated chain mediation model.

Adolescents are in a period when a marked upward trend of adolescents relational aggression. Even though previous studies have found that childhood psychological abuse experience is an important factor influencing adolescent relational aggression, it is unclear when and under what circumstances childhood psychological abuse impacts adolescent relational aggression. This study constructed a moderated chain mediation model to investigate the influence of childhood psychological abuse on relational aggression among Chinese adolescents and its internal mechanism. Data from 1868 (923 male and 945 female, M = 14.31, SD = 1.60) Chinese adolescents in two full-time middle schools in Guangzhou were collected via a cross-sectional survey in 2020. Adolescents reported on childhood psychological abuse, relational aggression, rejection sensitivity relational victimization and cognitive reappraisal. The results demonstrated that: (1) childhood psychological abuse was significantly positively related to relational aggression; (2) childhood psychological abuse was significantly linked with adolescents' relational aggression through the separate mediating effects of rejection sensitivity and relational victimization, as well as through the chain mediating effects of rejection sensitivity and relational victimization; (3) the chain mediated effect of childhood psychological abuse on relational aggression through rejection sensitivity and relational victimization was moderated by cognitive reappraisal. These findings indicate that childhood psychological abuse, as a kind of poor parenting style, has influence on adolescents' internal personality (rejection sensitivity) and external behavior development (relational victimization and relational aggression). This study is helpful to demonstrate the protective effect of cognitive reappraisal and reveal the internal mechanism of childhood psychological abuse on relational aggression.

New Trends in Fine Arts Education in the Post-epidemic and the Implications for China-Guangzhou

Guangzhou is an economically developed city in southern China. Its art education philosophy has always been innovative and able to blend the best of East and West, but it is also in need of a breakthrough in the COVID-19 post-epidemic. This thesis looks at the current state of art education in Guangzhou’s kindergarten through twelfth grade (K12) level and universities. It compares art education in and out of K12 schools in Guangzhou and points out that teaching children’s collages by turning waste into treasure can build environmental awareness while increasing students’ interest in learning. In addition, the teaching of environmental design in Guangzhou’s universities is constantly innovating, but it suffers from problems such as inadequate teacher deployment. Each university at different levels has its talent training objectives, and issues such as its ranking and reputation in the industry affect the employment of graduates. In the face of the sudden COVID-19 epidemic, teachers also consider whether a biophilic teaching philosophy can be embedded in teaching art at all levels in Guangzhou in the post-epidemic. While Guangzhou K12 schools and out-of-school institutions are also trying to attract parents’ and students’ attention to the art curriculum through waste to treasure and outdoor excursions, it is more important that students understand how to harmonize with nature than before the epidemic.

The Association between Peer Victimization and Risk-Taking Behavior among Chinese Adolescents: Testing a Moderated Mediation Model.

Peer victimization has been considered a main source of risk-taking behavior among adolescents, but little is known about the mechanisms underlying this association. Based on the social-cognitive theory and the person-environment interactions model, the current study built a moderated mediation model to explore whether self-control mediated the link between peer victimization and adolescent risk-taking behavior and whether positive parenting moderated this link. We used a 2-time longitudinal design (6 months apart) to investigate 488 adolescents (Mage = 15.63 years, SD = 1.64) from 3 middle schools in Guangzhou. The results were as follows: (1) There were significant correlations among peer victimization, adolescent risk-taking behavior, self-control, and positive parenting when controlling for demographic variables. (2) Peer victimization not only influenced risk-taking behavior directly, but also indirectly through self-control. (3) Positive parenting moderated the influence of self-control on risk-taking behavior. In other words, positive parenting could enhance the inhibitory effect of self-control on risk-taking behavior. The results help reveal the mechanism by which adolescent risk-taking behavior forms and may help inform interventions against adolescent risk-taking behavior.

The Relationship between Ambivalence over Emotional Expression and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Among Chinese Adolescents: A Longitudinal Moderated Mediation Model

Background Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) has become a significant mental health concern for adolescents. Previous empirical studies have shown that ambivalence over emotional expression is positively associated with negative emotions and behaviors. However, little is known about the relationship between ambivalence over emotional expression and NSSI among adolescents. Therefore, this study used a longitudinal design to examine the relationship between ambivalence over emotional expression and NSSI among Chinese adolescents, and also to explore the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relationship. Method A total of 1,672 students (45.8% males; Mage = 16.12 years, SD = 1.56) in a middle school in Guangzhou were tracked. The investigation was conducted twice, with an interval of 6 months. Results Ambivalence over emotional expression was positively correlated with NSSI. After controlling for gender and baseline NSSI, anxiety symptoms fully mediated the association between ambivalence over emotional expression and NSSI. In addition, the relationship between ambivalence over emotional expression and NSSI was moderated by NSSI refusal self-efficacy. Conclusions These findings imply that to decrease ambivalence over emotional expression, to reduce anxiety symptoms, and to promote NSSI refusal self-efficacy may be useful for interventions and preventions of NSSI. HIGHLIGHTS Tested the relationship between ambivalence over emotional expression and NSSI in adolescents. Examined a moderated-mediation model over six months. Found the mediated effect of anxiety symptoms and moderated effect of NSSI refusal self-efficacy in the relationship between ambivalence over emotional expression and NSSI.