[Comparisons of the influence of emotion regulation strategies on inferiority complex between immigrant children and urban children].

OBJECTIVE

To compare the difference contrast of the influence of emotion regulation strategies on inferiority complex by Propensity Score Matching( PSM).

METHODS

Totally 953 immigrant children and urban children aged 9- 17 years were selected in this research. Emotion regulation strategies questionnaire and feeling of inferiority scale were used in team text. The children were investigated by propensity score matching( PSM). 225 immigrant children match with 225 urban children by nearest neighbor 1∶ 1. The emotion regulation strategies and inferiority were analyzed and compared by variance analysis and regression analysis.

RESULTS

On the inferiority complex, there was a significant difference between Immigrant children and urban children( t = 2. 143, P <0. 05, d = 0. 25). In the emotion regulation strategies, the difference between immigrant children and urban children on dimensions of P-vent( t = 2. 155, P < 0. 05, d = 0. 20), Nattention( t = 2. 060, P < 0. 05, d = 0. 20), P-reasons( t = 2. 069, P < 0. 05, d = 0. 21), and N-reasons( t = 2. 248, P < 0. 05, d = 0. 21) were significant. The variance analysis indicates that the P-reaction of urban children's emotion regulation had a significant effect on the main effect of inferiority [F( 1, 10) = 2. 223, P = 0. 019, η2= 0. 129], and the Nreaction had a significant effect on the main effect of inferiority[F( 1, 17) = 2. 321, P =0. 005, η2= 0. 227]. Regression analysis shows that, there was a positive correlation between N-attention, N-vent, N-reaction, N-reasons, P-neglect, P-restrain, P-reaction and inferiority complex of the immigrant children and urban children( β = 0. 148- 0. 435, P < 0. 05). Step wise regression analysis showed that, on the basis of specific accommodation mode, there was a positive correlation between N-attention, N-vent and inferiority complex of the immigrant children( explain the variation rate 21. 4%). There was a positive correlation between N-attention, N-vent and inferiority complex of the urban children, and there was a negative correlation between P-attention and inferiority complex of the urban children( explain the variation rate 26. 3%). On the basis of reason and reaction adjustment, there was a positive correlation between N-reaction, N-reason and inferiority complex of the immigrant children( explain the variation rate 13. 0%). There was a positive correlation between N-reaction, P-reaction and inferiority complex of the urban children( explain the variation rate 15. 0%).

CONCLUSION

The results show that the emotional regulation strategies of immigrant children tend to use reason adjustment( or neglect, attention), and the urban children tend to use the reaction adjustment.