Perceived parent' emotions and teenagers suicidal ideation : the effect of peerinteraction and self-esteem

Perceived parent' emotions and teenagers suicidal ideation : the effect of peerinteraction and self-esteem

Wang Shiqi,Ma Xin',Guo Shuailong

(1.Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, Fujian 362000)

[Abstract]: Objective: To investigate how teenagers' perception of their parents' negative emotionsaffect their suicide ideation and its mechanism of action. The researching tools that this study adoptsinclude a positive and negative affect schedule, a scale for suicide ideation, a self-esteem inventoryand a creative questionnaire about peer interaction. This survey is toward 1200 teenagers. The resultsshowed that: Teenagers' perception of parent' negative emotions has a significant positive predictiveeffect on suicidal ideation; Self-esteem plays a partial mediating role in the relationship betweenteenagers' perception of parent' negative emotions and suicidal ideation; teenagers' perception In themediation model that parent' negative emotions affect suicidal ideation through self-esteem, peerinteraction regulates the path of self-esteem on suicidal ideation. Specifically, he result of this researchshows that adolescents' perception of their parents' negative emotions might be one of the key factorscontributing to their suicide ideation. Adolescents' perception of their parents' negative emotions canhave direct impact on their suicide ideation, and it can also affect their self-esteem to exert furtherinfluence upon their suicide ideation. Meanwhile, peer interaction may act as a buffer betweenself-esteem and suicide ideation.

[Key Words]: Perception of parental negative emotions; Suicidal ideation; Self-esteem; Peer interaction

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