Impact of returned migrant experience on NSSI behavior among middle school students and the mediating role of childhood abuse
Objective To investigate the mediating effect of childhood abuse in the connection between returned migrant experience and non-suicidal self-injury(NSSI)behavior in middle school students in Guizhou province.Methods Using multi-stage stratified random sampling,a total of 3 901 middle school students in Guizhou province were selected.Self-compiled questionnaires were used to measure the returned migrant experience and related demographic characteristics of middle school students.The adolescent NSSI behavior questionnaire was used to evaluate the NSSI behavior of middle school students,and the childhood trauma questionnaire-short form(CTQ-SF)was utilized to evaluate childhood abuse.The mediating effect model was used to analyze the mediating role of childhood abuse in the relationship between NSSI behavior and returned migrant experience.Results Thedetection rate of NSSI behavior among middle school students in Guizhou province was 22.76%.The results of mediating effect analysis showed that the score of returned migrant experience was positively associated with the score of NSSI behavior of middle school students(direct effect estimate was 0.377,95%CI was 0.070-0.684).The scores of emotional abuse,physical abuse,and sexual abuse were positively associated with NSSI behavior scores in middle school students(indirect effect estimates were 0.108,0.084,0.030;95%CI was 0.033-0.200,0.023-0.167,0.001-0.080).Conclusion The NSSI behavior detection rate of middle school students with returned migrant experience is higher than that of middle school students without returned migrant experience.Childhood abuse plays a partial mediating role in the impact of returned migrant experience on NSSI behavior of middle school students.
non-suicidal self-injuryreturned migrant experiencechildhood abusemiddle school studentmediating effect