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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Popularity Status Insecurity As a Mediator of the Relationship between Popularity Goal and Psychological Maladjustment
- Mingqi Li
DePaul University Psychology Department - Yan Li
DePaul University - Ziyue Cui
DePaul University
Abstract
This study examined popularity status insecurity as a mediator of the relationship between popularity goal and psychological maladjustment (depression & anxiety) six months later in a sample of Chinese middle school students, and how popularity status change (rise versus fall) across this time period might moderate these mediation processes.
Social Cognition
