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Social Identity, Core Self-Evaluation, School Adaptation, and Mental Health Problems in Migrant Children in China

A Chain Mediation Model

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ID15475792
AuthorsYe Chen (0000-0003-4265-7396, Universiti Putra Malaysia), Xinxin Yu (0000-0002-0676-308X, Guangxi Normal University, corresponding author), Aini Azeqa Ma’rof (0000-0002-0898-2673, Universiti Putra Malaysia), Zeinab Zaremohzzabieh (0000-0002-1497-7942, Universiti Putra Malaysia), Haslinda Abdullah (0000-0001-5769-8823, Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia), Haslinda Binti Abdullah (0000-0001-7975-4603, Universiti Putra Malaysia), Hanina H Hamsan (0000-0001-7313-6628, Universiti Putra Malaysia), Lyuci Zhang (0009-0009-7098-1557, Universiti Putra Malaysia)
Year2022
Volume19
Issue24
Pages16645-16645
Publication date2022-12-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph192416645
PMID36554527
OpenAlexW4311133764
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited56

(1) Background: The present study investigated the relationships between social identity, core self-evaluation, school adaptation, and mental health problems in migrant children, and the mechanism underlying these relationships; (2) Methods: The participants were migrant middle school students in China. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS version 26. A survey comprising the social identity scale, core self-evaluation scale, school adaptation scale, and mental health scale MMHI-60 was deployed; (3) Results: Findings indicated a significant and negative association between social identity and mental health problems, and such an association was sequentially mediated by core self-evaluation and school adaptation. Furthermore, core self-evaluation and school adaptation played a chain mediation role between social identity and migrant children's mental health problems; (4) Conclusions: It is crucial to improve social identity, core self-evaluation, and school adaptation to reduce mental health problems among this population. Therefore, the research results provide a new direction for promoting the development of mental health education for migrant workers and their children in China

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