Deviant Peer Affiliation and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury among Chinese Adolescents: Depression as a Mediator and Sensation Seeking as a Moderator
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Depression as a Potential Mediator
1.2. Sensation Seeking as a Moderator
1.3. The Present Study
2. Method
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Deviant Peer Affiliation
2.2.2. Depression
2.2.3. Sensation Seeking
2.2.4. NSSI
2.2.5. Control Variables
2.3. Procedure and Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary Analyses
3.2. Mediation Effect of Deviant Peer Affiliation
3.3. Moderated Mediation
4. Discussion
4.1. The Mediating Role of Depression
4.2. The Moderating Role of Sensation Seeking
4.3. Limitations and Future Directions
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Gender | 1.00 | |||||
2. Age | 0.07 * | 1.00 | ||||
3. DPA | 0.19 *** | 0.00 | 1.00 | |||
4. SS | 0.01 | −0.06 | 0.16 *** | 1.00 | ||
5. Depression | −0.10 ** | −0.06 | 0.22 *** | 0.06 | 1.00 | |
6. NSSI | −0.04 | −0.05 | 0.35 *** | 0.10 ** | 0.29 *** | 1.00 |
Mean | 0.31 | 16.35 | 1.33 | 3.11 | 1.81 | 1.10 |
SD | 0.47 | 1.15 | 0.45 | 0.97 | 0.36 | 0.27 |
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Wei, C.; Li, J.; Yu, C.; Chen, Y.; Zhen, S.; Zhang, W. Deviant Peer Affiliation and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury among Chinese Adolescents: Depression as a Mediator and Sensation Seeking as a Moderator. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 8355. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168355
Wei C, Li J, Yu C, Chen Y, Zhen S, Zhang W. Deviant Peer Affiliation and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury among Chinese Adolescents: Depression as a Mediator and Sensation Seeking as a Moderator. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(16):8355. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168355
Chicago/Turabian StyleWei, Chang, Jingjing Li, Chengfu Yu, Yanhan Chen, Shuangju Zhen, and Wei Zhang. 2021. "Deviant Peer Affiliation and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury among Chinese Adolescents: Depression as a Mediator and Sensation Seeking as a Moderator" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 16: 8355. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168355