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Effect of socioeconomic status on children's psychological well-being in China

The mediating role of family social capital

Bibliographic Data

ID4226846
AuthorsT Ge (0000-0001-7524-1763, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Year2020
Volume25
Issue8
Pages1118-1127
Publication date2020-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105317750462
PMID29278935
OpenAlexW2778760464
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited32

This study aimed to examine the relationship between socioeconomic status and children's psychological well-being and to investigate the mediating effect of family social capital. A sample of 19,487 school-aged children was collected from 2013-2014 China Education Panel Survey. Structural equation modeling was applied to test the hypothesized model. The results showed that socioeconomic status was not significantly related to the children's psychological well-being. However, two indicators of family social capital, namely, parent involvement and parent-child relationship, played a complete mediating role in the direct mechanism. The theoretical and practical contributions were discussed

China · Developmental psychology · Political science · Social capital · Social science · Social status · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Structural equation modeling · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works33
Citations per year4,13
Citation span2018 - 2026 (9)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 33

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