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How Labor Values Affect Adolescent Resilience?—Analysis Based on the Perspective of Emotion Regulation Theory

Xiaomei Chao¹, Zhuo Yang², Yanhui Xiang^2,*

1 School of Elementary Education, Changsha Normal University, Changsha, 410148, China
2 Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China

* Corresponding Author: Yanhui Xiang. Email:

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Quality of Life, Well-Being and Mental Health in the context of Physical Activity and Health)

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion 2025, 27(4), 577-590. https://doi.org/10.32604/ijmhp.2025.057295

Received 14 August 2024; Accepted 07 March 2025; Issue published 30 April 2025

Abstract

Background: Understanding the factors that influence adolescent psychological resilience is critical for promoting mental health. This study explores the impact and mechanism of labor values on adolescent psychological resilience from the perspective of emotion regulation theory. Methods: This study conducted an in-depth analysis using the Labor Value Scale on 2691 elementary school upper-grade students, middle school students, and high school students. Results: The results show that: (1) labor values can positively predict adolescents’ mental resilience; (2) cognitive reappraisal and expression inhibition play a partial mediating role in the relationship between labor values and adolescents’ psychological resilience. Among them, labor values can positively predict adolescents’ mental resilience through positive cognitive reappraisal, and labor values can also predict adolescents’ mental resilience through expression inhibition. Conclusion: Based on the theory of emotion regulation, this study explores the direct effect of labor values on mental resilience and the mediating effect of different strategies of emotion regulation. The results of this study provide a theoretical basis for improving the mental resilience of adolescents.

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