A Study on the Relationship between Social Withdrawal and Internalizing Problem Behavior among Junior High School Students: Social Support as a Moderator

• Main Authors: SU, EN-MAN, 蘇恩曼
• Other Authors: HUNG, CHAO-YANG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/q5s9td

碩士 === 大葉大學 === 管理學院碩士在職專班 === 107 === This study aims to explore the relationship between social withdrawal and internalizing problem behavior among junior high school students and to investigate the moderating effect of social support . The social withdrawal is divided into two dimensions: shy and unsociability. The social support includes teacher support, peer support and school support perceived by junior school students. Through the online questionnaire survey, this study collected data from 300 junior school students in New Taipei City. The data obtained were analyzed by statistical methods such as descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, and regression analysis. The results are as follows: 1. There is significant gender difference in the internalizing problem behavior of junior high school students. Female students have a higher level of internalizing problem behavior than male students. 2. Through simple regression analysis, it is found that the social withdrawal of junior high school students significantly affect their internalizing problem behavior. Compared with unsociability, shyness has a higher impact on internalizing problem behavior. 3. The result of interaction regression analysis shows that social support significantly moderates the relationship between social withdrawal and internalizing problem behavior. With respect to the dimensions of social support, both student support and school support are significant moderators, while teacher support isn’t. Based on the above analysis results, this study proposes some practical suggestions for education practitioners and counselors and points out possible directions for future studies. Key Words: junior high school students, social withdrawal, social support, internalizing problem behavior