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Childhood Adversity and Risky Behaviors among Chinese Rural Young Adults: The Mediation Effect of Perceived Stress and Moderation Effect of Social Support
Research has documented that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) significantly impact young people’s risky behaviors. Yet, few studies have explored if individuals’ perceived stress mediates the association between ACEs and risky behaviors; also if social support moderates the pathways from ACEs to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9603411/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36293775 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013194 |
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author | Zhang, Lixia Zhang, Liwei Testa, Alexander |
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description | Research has documented that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) significantly impact young people’s risky behaviors. Yet, few studies have explored if individuals’ perceived stress mediates the association between ACEs and risky behaviors; also if social support moderates the pathways from ACEs to risky behaviors through perceived stress. This study aimed to assess the mediation effect of perceived stress and the moderation effect of social support in the study of ACEs and risky behaviors. This study sample includes 1091 Chinese rural young people. A web-based survey was used to assess demographic information, ACEs, perceived stress, social support, and seven types of risky behaviors. Multivariate regression models were run to test associations between ACEs and different risky behaviors while controlling for confounding variables. The mediation model (Model 4) and the moderated mediation model (Model 58) were also performed using the PROCESS macro. Multivariate regression results showed that, with increasing ACEs values, there was an increased likelihood of all risky behaviors. The moderated mediation analysis confirmed that perceived stress mediated the linkage between ACEs and risky behaviors. However, no significant moderating effect of social support was found. The study findings indicate that ACEs, risky behaviors, and perceived stress are significant public health problems among rural Chinese young people. Culturally appropriate prevention and intervention programs and services need to be implemented to address these issues and promote rural Chinese young people’s wellbeing and development. |
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spelling | pubmed-96034112022-10-27 Childhood Adversity and Risky Behaviors among Chinese Rural Young Adults: The Mediation Effect of Perceived Stress and Moderation Effect of Social Support Zhang, Lixia Zhang, Liwei Testa, Alexander Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Research has documented that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) significantly impact young people’s risky behaviors. Yet, few studies have explored if individuals’ perceived stress mediates the association between ACEs and risky behaviors; also if social support moderates the pathways from ACEs to risky behaviors through perceived stress. This study aimed to assess the mediation effect of perceived stress and the moderation effect of social support in the study of ACEs and risky behaviors. This study sample includes 1091 Chinese rural young people. A web-based survey was used to assess demographic information, ACEs, perceived stress, social support, and seven types of risky behaviors. Multivariate regression models were run to test associations between ACEs and different risky behaviors while controlling for confounding variables. The mediation model (Model 4) and the moderated mediation model (Model 58) were also performed using the PROCESS macro. Multivariate regression results showed that, with increasing ACEs values, there was an increased likelihood of all risky behaviors. The moderated mediation analysis confirmed that perceived stress mediated the linkage between ACEs and risky behaviors. However, no significant moderating effect of social support was found. The study findings indicate that ACEs, risky behaviors, and perceived stress are significant public health problems among rural Chinese young people. Culturally appropriate prevention and intervention programs and services need to be implemented to address these issues and promote rural Chinese young people’s wellbeing and development. MDPI 2022-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9603411/ /pubmed/36293775 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013194 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Zhang, Lixia Zhang, Liwei Testa, Alexander Childhood Adversity and Risky Behaviors among Chinese Rural Young Adults: The Mediation Effect of Perceived Stress and Moderation Effect of Social Support |
title | Childhood Adversity and Risky Behaviors among Chinese Rural Young Adults: The Mediation Effect of Perceived Stress and Moderation Effect of Social Support |
title_full | Childhood Adversity and Risky Behaviors among Chinese Rural Young Adults: The Mediation Effect of Perceived Stress and Moderation Effect of Social Support |
title_fullStr | Childhood Adversity and Risky Behaviors among Chinese Rural Young Adults: The Mediation Effect of Perceived Stress and Moderation Effect of Social Support |
title_full_unstemmed | Childhood Adversity and Risky Behaviors among Chinese Rural Young Adults: The Mediation Effect of Perceived Stress and Moderation Effect of Social Support |
title_short | Childhood Adversity and Risky Behaviors among Chinese Rural Young Adults: The Mediation Effect of Perceived Stress and Moderation Effect of Social Support |
title_sort | childhood adversity and risky behaviors among chinese rural young adults: the mediation effect of perceived stress and moderation effect of social support |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9603411/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36293775 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013194 |
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