The Effect of Family Atmosphere on Self-esteem and Mental Health:A Three-year Longitudinal Study
To explore the effects of family atmosphere and self-esteem on adolescents'mental health,we conducted a three-year longitudinal study with an interval of one year from a total of 243 adolescents.Our results demonstrated that:(1)Family atmosphere and mental health were stable across three years with no significant change from each point(T1,T2,T3),whereas self-esteem showed an increasing trend across three years;(2)Cross-lagged analysis showed that only family atmosphere(T1)Could positively predict mental health(T2),and family atmosphere(T2)could positively predict mental health(T3);(3)Only self-esteem(T1)could positively predict mental health(T2),and self-esteem(T2)could positively predict mental health(T3),and it only supported the vulner-ability model;(4)Self-esteem(T2)partly mediated the effects of family atmosphere(T1)on mental health(T3),besides,there was no significant gender difference in the cross-lagged model.These findings shed light on the importance of altering family atmosphere and promoting self-esteem in enhancing mental health.
family atmosphereself-esteemmental healthcross-lag analysis
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