Psychology Research and Behavior Management (Jul 2023)
The Effect of Teacher Discrimination Behavior on Adolescent Suicidal Ideation: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Abstract
Mao-Min Jiang,1,* Ji-Neng Chen,2,* Xin-Cheng Huang,3,* Yi-Lin Zhang,4 Jia-Bo Zhang,5 Jia-Wen Zhang6 1School of Public Affairs, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China; 2Graduate School, St.Paul University Philippines, Tuguegarao, Philippines; 3School of Economics and Management, Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 4School of Humanities, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 5School of Literature and Media, Lingnan Normal University, Zhanjiang, People’s Republic of China; 6School of Education, Silliman University, Dumaguete, 6200, Philippines*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jia-Bo Zhang; Jia-wen Zhang, Email [email protected]; [email protected]: Suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior, as the most severe psychological and behavioral problems among adolescents, bring not only significant damage to individual social functioning but also cause enormous economic and social pressure, which will ultimately be detrimental to social development and social stability. This paper aimed to explore the potential relationship between teacher discrimination behavior, peer bullying victimization, anxiety disorders, and adolescent suicidal ideation based on the Vulnerability-Stress Model.Methods: From September to November 2022, our research team surveyed 21,017 junior high school students from 12 secondary schools in ten cities in China. Mplus 8.3 software was used to analyze the pathways of teacher discrimination behavior on adolescent suicidal ideation.Results: The results showed that teacher preference had a significant negative effect on suicidal ideation, and teacher prejudice significantly positively affected suicidal ideation. Mediation test results indicated that there were significant independent mediating effects of peer bullying victimization and anxiety disorders between teacher discrimination behavior and adolescents’ suicidal ideation, as well as significant chain mediating effects.onclusion: Secondary school teachers should improve their self-quality and pay more attention to adolescents’ suicidal ideation. Teachers are expected to put love into their education, respect and trust each student, and attend to their emotional needs unbiasedly. Educators should develop targeted prevention and intervention measures according to the actual situation of school bullying and also strengthen adolescents’ life-value education to improve the psychological quality of adolescents and create a healthy campus atmosphere.Keywords: teacher discrimination behavior, peer bullying victimization, anxiety disorders, suicidal ideation, adolescents
