ArticleFrontiers in psychology2024
School belonging mediates the association between negative school climate and depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents: a national population-based longitudinal study.
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- Drama-in-education in rural Chinese primary schools: effects on self-concept, social connectedness, and psychosocial wellbeing.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Cross-economy stability of predictor rankings for adolescent school belonging and mathematics anxiety: an explainable machine-learning analysis of PISA 2022.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship between school belonging and depressive symptoms among Chinese college students: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The association between physical activity and depressive symptoms in adolescents: the serial mediating roles of school connectedness and self-control.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Longitudinal association between parent-child relationship and depression among Chinese adolescents: the role of psychological resilience and school climate.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- The relationship between dark traits and cyberbullying behavior among vocational school students: a moderated mediation model.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Measurement Invariance of the Dual School Climate and School Identification Scale (SCASIM-St15) in Chilean Adolescents.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: A negative school climate is an important factor affecting students' mental health. However, few studies have focused on the mechanisms underlying the relationship. This study aimed to explore the mediating effect of school belonging on the association between negative school climate and depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents, using a nationwide longitudinal survey. Methods: We conducted a longitudinal study using data from the 2013 (T1) and 2014 (T2) waves of the China Education Panel Survey (CEPS). A negative school climate was assessed by school administrators' reports. School belonging and depressive symptoms were evaluated using adolescents' self-reports. We used a cross-lagged panel model to explore the mediating effect of school belonging on the association between negative school climate and depressive symptoms, adjusting for a set of covariates. Results: In total, 7,049 Chinese adolescents with a mean age of 12.9 years were included in this study. The results of the cross-lagged model showed that negative school climate at T1 was significantly negatively associated with school belonging at T2 ( Conclusion: Among Chinese adolescents, a negative school climate is associated with a greater risk of depressive symptoms. Improving school belonging may be helpful in decreasing the impact of a negative school climate on depressive symptoms in adolescents.
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