The relationship between class environment and academic stress in high school students:A moderated mediation model
In order to explore the relationship and the underlying mechanism between class environment and academic stress of senior high school students,the present study constructed a moderated mediation model by questionnaire survey method with a sample of 870 senior high school students.The results showed that:(1)Teacher-student relationship,classmates'relationship in class environment negatively predicted academic stress,while competition and academic burden in class environment positively predicted academic stress.(2)The comparative orientation and self-deprecation of academic social comparison played a mediating role between class competition and academic stress.(3)Self-concept clarity moderated the first half of the mediating model of"class competition → comparative orientation → academic stress"and the first half of the mediating model of"class competition → self-deprecation → academic stress".Con-clusion:Class competition predicted academic stress through academic social comparative orientation and self-deprecation,and self-concept clarity regulated the mediating role of comparative orientation and self-deprecation.
high school studentsclass environmentacademic stressacademic social comparisonself-concept clarity