ABSTRACT

This study aimed to understand the present situation of adolescents’ self-confidence and its influencing factors, so as to provide reference for the cultivation of adolescents’ self-confidence. A stratified random sampling method was used to investigate junior high school students in a middle school in Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province from March to June 2022 according to the self-made questionnaire and the middle school students’ self-confidence questionnaire. A total of 300 students were investigated, including 164 boys and 136 girls. The study found that there was no significant difference in the total self-confidence scores of junior high school students in family type (F = 0.564, P = 0.569), different grades (F = 0.409, P = 0.665), and only child (t = 0.486, P = 0.541). There were significant differences in the total scores of self-confidence in academic achievements (F = 21.096, P = 0.000), father’s educational background (F = 3.939, P = 0.009), mother’s educational background (F = 5.017, P = 0.002), family economic situation (F = 12.455, P = 0.000), parent-child relationship (F = 4.060, P = 0.008) and family rearing style (F = 4.060, P = 0.008). Girls are higher than boys in the dimensions of moral self-confidence and ability self-confidence. Students who are class cadres are higher than non-class cadres in all five dimensions of the self-confidence scale. Gender, whether to be a class leader, academic achievements, father’s education, mother’s education, family economic situation, parent-child relationship and family rearing style are important factors affecting self-confidence. We can improve the self-confidence of teenagers by actively serving as class cadres, improving academic achievements, closing parent-child relations, and improving family rearing methods.