The moderating effect of trait gratitude between discrimination perception and social anxiety in the left-behind children / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the relationship of discrimination perception and social anxiety of the left-behind children,focusing on the moderating effect of trait gratitude. Methods Totally 588 left-be-hind children were investigated with discrimination perception questionnaire, gratitude questionnaire and Liebowitz social anxiety questionnaire. Data were analyzed by independent t test,correlation analysis and re-gression analysis. Results There was a significant difference in group discrimination between the only child (2. 11±0. 98) and the non-only child (2. 28±0. 93) (t=-2. 11,P<0. 05). Correlation analysis showed that trait gratitude (4. 93± 0. 89) was negatively correlated with individual discrimination ( 2. 53 ± 1. 03) and group discrimination (2. 22±0. 95) (r=-0. 55,r=-0. 56,both P< 0. 05),furtherly negatively correlated with fear of negation (0. 85±0. 47) and social avoidance (0. 81±0. 53) dimensions of social anxiety ( r=-0. 47,r=-0. 48,both P<0. 05). Additionally,discrimination perception was positively correlated with so-cial anxiety (r=0. 61,P<0. 05). Regression analysis showed that discrimination perception could significant-ly predict social anxiety (β=0. 44,P<0. 01),and trait gratitude could significantly moderate this effect (β=-0. 75,P<0. 01). Conclusion Discrimination perception can positively predict social anxiety,and trait gratitude can moderate this effect.