Negative life events and aggression among Chinese rural left-behind adolescents: do self-esteem and resilience mediate the relationship?

Si Lan YangChu Xia TanJuan LiJie ZhangYi Ping ChenYi Fei LiYing Xiang TaoBi Yun YeShi Hao ChenHui Yuan LiJing-Ping Zhang

Published in: BMC psychiatry (2023)

We found that self-esteem and resilience mediated most negative life events on aggression. It is imperative for educators and families to improve LBAs' self-esteem and resilience to reduce the occurrence of aggression. Future intervention studies should be designed to strengthen self-esteem and resilience.

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