Author(s)

Yadi Jia ¹, Jiayi Ma ¹, Suxia Wen ¹, Xiaoping Li ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ The Key Laboratory of Mental Development and Learning Science, College of Psychology, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830017, China
² No. 70 Middle School of Urumqi in Xinjiang, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830017, China

Corresponding Author

Suxia Wen

ABSTRACT

To explore the relationship between personality traits, interpersonal emotion regulation and peer relationships. A total of 731 junior high school students were enrolled in the study, and were measured and analyzed using the Five-Factor Personality Questionnaire for Middle School Students, the Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, and the Adolescent Peer Relationship Scale. (1) Positive personality traits, use of interpersonal emotion regulation strategies, and peer relationships were significantly better among junior high school boys than girls (P < 0.001), and junior high school students with higher grades were more likely to be in a positive state in terms of personality traits, to use more interpersonal emotion regulation strategies, and to have better peer relationships; (2) Personality traits were significantly negatively correlated with poor peer relationships (r = -0.35, P < 0.01), and significantly positively correlated with interpersonal emotion regulation (r = 0.61, P < 0.01), interpersonal emotion regulation was significantly negatively correlated with poor peer relationships (r = -0.41, P < 0.01); (3) the results of the mediation analysis showed that interpersonal emotion regulation partially mediated the relationship between personality traits and peer relationships after controlling for gender and grade ranking. Personality traits not only directly affect junior high school students' peer relationships, but also indirectly affect the quality of peer relationships through interpersonal emotion regulation.

KEYWORDS

Personality Traits, Peer Relationships, Interpersonal Emotion Regulation, Junior High School Students

CITE THIS PAPER

Yadi Jia, Jiayi Ma, Suxia Wen, Xiaoping Li, The Effects of Personality Traits on Junior High School Students' Peer Relationships: The Mediating Role of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation. Applied & Educational Psychology (2024) Vol. 5: 118-126. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/appep.2024.050219.

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