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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Developmental Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1341215

Resilience promotes self-esteem of children and adolescents with hearing impairment: The mediating role of positive coping strategy

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Ling Qi Ling Qi 1*Hongling Zhang Hongling Zhang 1Rong Nie Rong Nie 1Yukai Du Yukai Du 2
  • 1 College of Medicine and Health Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China
  • 2 Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

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    The level of self-esteem in adolescents appears to be contingent upon their satisfaction across various domains of life, exerting a notable influence on their mental well-being. The purposes of this study were to further validate the influence of resilience and positive coping strategy on their self-esteem, and to explore the mediating effect of positive coping strategy in the relationship between resilience and self-esteem.Methods: A total 670 657 children and adolescents with hearing impairment from 14 deaf/special schools in Hubei province completed measures of self-esteem, resilience and positive coping.(1) self-esteem is positively correlated with resilience, and positive coping; (2) resilience is significant predictors of self-esteem; and (3) the association between resilience and self-esteem was partly mediated by positive coping strategy.This study indicated the partly mediating effects of positive coping strategy on the association between resilience and self-esteem among Chinese children and adolescents with hearing impairment. This results also highlighted that intervention to promote resilience and coping strategy might be helpful to improve their self-esteem.

    Keywords: ：Children and adolescents, hearing impairment, resilience, self-esteem, Positive coping

    Received: 20 Nov 2023; Accepted: 03 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Qi, Zhang, Nie and Du. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Ling Qi, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China

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