Keywords:
Upward social comparison; Self-esteem; Rumination; Envy; Mental health
上行社会比较;自尊;反刍;妒忌;心理健康
Abstract:
In the process of raising children, Chinese parents often use the shortcomings of their children
to compare with the advantages of others’ children. The purpose of parental upward social comparison
is to encourage adolescents to learn from others, but this kind of behavior may also make adolescents
fall into a negative psychological state and damage their mental health. This study analyzed the influence
mechanism of parental upward social comparison on adolescents’ mental health by reviewing the previous
literature. Parental upward comparison can not only have a direct impact on adolescents’ mental health,
self-esteem, rumination and envy could mediate the association between parental upward comparison
and adolescents’ mental health.
用孩子的不足与别人家孩子的优点作比较这种现象在中国父母教养子女的过程中经常发生。父母对青少年进行上行社会比较的目的是为了激励青少年向他人学习,但这种行为也可能使青少年陷入消极的心理状态,对青少年心理健康造成损害。本研究通过回顾以往文献分析了父母上行社会比较对青少年心理健康的影响机制。父母上行比较不仅能对青少年心理健康产生直接影响,还会通过降低青少年自尊、引发反刍思维或妒忌使青少年产生心理健康问题。