The Mediational Role of Self-Support Personality in the Association of Family Function and School Belonging in Adolescents

Abstract

Some previous studies have explored the impact of family function on school belonging. However, little is known about the parallel mediating relationship underlying them. This study aims to investigate the formation mechanism of school beginning in a sample of Chinese adolescents and examined the parallel mediating role of interpersonal self-support and individual self-support in the link between family function and school belonging. A cross-sectional study was conducted in four schools of the district of Hunan province in China, and 741 students were surveyed using cluster sampling. Family cohesion and adaptability scale (FACES), Adolescent students self-supporting personality scale (SSPS-AS), School belonging scale were applied. The results indicated that interpersonal self-support and individual self-support, together, and uniquely, parallel mediated the relationship between family function and school belonging. It can be concluded that family function not only has direct effects on school belonging but also has indirect effects through interpersonal self-support and individual self-support.

Does interpersonal self-support matter for freshman nursing students’ professional identity? Evidence from mainland China

“…It has been widely accepted in Western counties that personality traits are universal across environments and cultures ( Chien, 2016 ). However, as cross-cultural studies of personality traits become more intensive, several indigenous Chinese personality traits conceptualized using Chinese traditional culture are emerging, such as the seven-factor Chinese personality, the self-support personality, good and evil personality traits, and the thick black personality ( Zhou et al, 2009 ; Tang and Guo, 2015 ; Chien, 2016 ; Jiao et al, 2021 ; Yao et al, 2022 ). It is widely believed that these indigenous Chinese personality traits might be more suitable for exploring the relationship between personality and personal development among Chinese people ( Chien, 2016 ).…”

“…However, prior research has focused on the overall undergraduate nursing population sample, graduate nursing students, and first-year student nurses, while FNSs were ignored ( Fitzgerald and Clukey, 2021 ; Qi et al, 2021 ; Zhang et al, 2021 ). Furthermore, college life is a crucial period for shaping personality ( Yao et al, 2022 ). Applying personality traits and PI to nursing research among freshmen is beneficial for the promotion of the retention of the nursing group and for positive personal development.…”

“…ISS is a dimension of the self-supporting personality that incorporates interpersonal communication with a set of Chinese traditional virtues including independence, initiative, responsibility, flexibility, and openness ( Yao et al, 2022 ). The self-supporting personality is considered a positive personal trait that protects individuals from problems across the lifespan ( Yao et al, 2022 ).…”

“…ISS is a dimension of the self-supporting personality that incorporates interpersonal communication with a set of Chinese traditional virtues including independence, initiative, responsibility, flexibility, and openness ( Yao et al, 2022 ). The self-supporting personality is considered a positive personal trait that protects individuals from problems across the lifespan ( Yao et al, 2022 ). As the social part of the self-supporting personality, ISS contains five personality traits–interpersonal independence, interpersonal initiative, interpersonal responsibility, interpersonal flexibility, and interpersonal openness–and it is beneficial for solving daily interpersonal problems and promoting individual social development ( Yao et al, 2022 ).…”

“…The self-supporting personality is considered a positive personal trait that protects individuals from problems across the lifespan ( Yao et al, 2022 ). As the social part of the self-supporting personality, ISS contains five personality traits–interpersonal independence, interpersonal initiative, interpersonal responsibility, interpersonal flexibility, and interpersonal openness–and it is beneficial for solving daily interpersonal problems and promoting individual social development ( Yao et al, 2022 ). Clearly, ISS concerns both interpersonal independence and connection, which is different from traditional Western personality traits ( Yao et al, 2022 ).…”