Citation

Ge T. J. Health Psychol. 2017; ePub(ePub): 1359105317750462.

Affiliation

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1359105317750462

PMID

29278935

Abstract

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.

Language: en

Keywords

family social capital; parent involvement; parent–child relationship; psychological well-being; socioeconomic status