To investigate the childhood traumatic experiences, mental health symptoms, and well-being of middle school students, analyze the associations among the three, explore the mechanism by which childhood traumatic experiences and mental health symptoms affect well-being, and provide reference for improving the well-being of middle school students.
From September to November 2023, a total of 1 294 students were selected by convenience sampling and stratified sampling from two middle schools as the survey subjects. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Symptom Checklist 90, and EPOCH Well-being Scale were used for the questionnaire survey. SPSS 25.0 was used for descriptive analysis, t-test, chi-square test, and Pearson correlation analysis. The plug-in process was used to explore the mediating role of mental health symptoms between childhood traumatic experiences and well-being.
There were significant differences in well-being scores among factors such as gender, school stage, household registration, parental education level, parental marital status, and“who to live with” (t=2.813, 7.11, 3.459, 9.723, 6.923, 2.515, and 20.253, P < 0.05). In this study, 90.2% of middle school students had one or more childhood traumatic experiences. The detection rates of physical abuse, physical neglect, emotional abuse, emotional neglect, and sexual abuse were 15.1%, 61%, 42.8%, 81.9%, and 10%, respectively. There were significant differences in childhood traumatic experiences among only-child status, school stage, parental education level, marital status, and family structure (t=-4.082, 5.415, 10.144, -3.032, 9.467, and -2.003, P < 0.05). All dimensions of childhood traumatic experiences and mental health symptoms were negatively correlated with well-being; except for sexual abuse, all dimensions of childhood traumatic experiences were positively correlated with mental health symptoms (r=0.301, P < 0.05). Mental health symptoms played a partial mediating role between childhood traumatic experiences and well-being, and the proportion of the mediating effect was 37.5%.
Childhood traumatic experiences and mental health symptoms negatively predict the well-being of middle school students, and mental health symptoms play a mediating role between childhood traumatic experiences and well-being. Against the background of a relatively high incidence of childhood traumatic experiences among middle school students, the well- being of middle school students can be improved by improving their mental health and reducing the impact of childhood traumatic experiences on well-being.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
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| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |