Relationship Between Behavior and Affect in Middle School Students in Beijing

Objective To compare the characteristics of behavior and affects among different sex and age of middle school students,to explore the relation between behavior and affects,and to provide bases for improving their mental health.Methods By using Achenbach' s Children' s Behavior Scale and Positive and Negative Affect Scale and Life Satisfaction Scale,2 873 middle school students were questionnaired.Results The male students was significantly lower than the female students,and the junior middle school students was significantly higher than the high school students in prosocial behavior,the results was reverse in problem behavior.The female students was significantly higher than the male students in positive and negative affect;the junior middle school students was significantly higher than the high school students in positive emotion and life satisfaction;negative affect was significantly higher than in the higher school students.Attention was good predictor towards positive affection,destroying their own things was good predictor towards negative affect lie was good predictor towards life satisfaction.Conclusion The behavior and affection are related among middle school students,and it is worthy to concern.