@article{ref1,
title="When mindfulness is insufficient: the moderated moderating effects of self-harm and negotiable fate beliefs on the association between mindfulness and adolescent psychological distress in disasters",
journal="School psychology international",
year="2024",
author="Zhang, Yuchi and Wang, Chunqian and An, Yi and Jiang, Xinrui",
volume="45",
number="2",
pages="149-171",
abstract="The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has increased the risk of psychological distress among adolescents. Moreover, adolescents in 70 countries have suffered simultaneously from the COVID-19 pandemic and flood disasters. Research on the protective role of mindfulness on psychological distress is warranted; moreover, the practical needs arising from disasters require a deeper understanding of the potentially complex interplay between mindfulness and psychological distress. Using social-ecological systems theory, this study examined the moderating effects of self-harm and negotiable fate on the relationship between mindfulness and psychological distress in adolescents suffering from concurrent dual disasters (COVID-19 and flood disasters). High school adolescents (N = 1679; 49.3% adolescent boys) in Zhengzhou, China, completed the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure, Suicide Thoughts and Behaviors Checklist, Negotiable Fate Questionnaire, and Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21. A three-way interaction model was developed. The results indicate that mindfulness has a significant negative relationship with psychological distress during disasters. Moreover, self-harm and negotiable fate significantly moderated the negative associations between mindfulness and psychological distress in adolescents enduring concurrent dual disasters (three-way interaction effects model). These findings highlight the significance of the interactions between different ecological system factors in the negative associations between mindfulness and psychological distress amid disasters.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0143-0343",
doi="10.1177/01430343231187108",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01430343231187108"
}