Citation

You J, Zhu Y, Liu S, Wang C, Wang P, Du H. J. Health Psychol. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Guangzhou University, China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1359105319882763

PMID

31621415

Abstract

Based on the Reserve Capacity Model, this study investigated the associations of objective socioeconomic status and subjective social status with psychological health and the underlying psychosocial mechanisms in a population-based sample of Chinese migrants (n = 15,999).

RESULTS showed that subjective social status was positively associated with life satisfaction and self-rated health through the mediation of psychological distress and perceived stress. Whereas education showed a very weak association with life satisfaction, income was directly associated with life satisfaction only. The findings suggest that reducing psychosocial vulnerabilities may be a potential impetus to eliminate socioeconomic health disparities among Chinese migrants.

Language: en

Keywords

Chinese migrants; perceived stress; psychological distress; psychological health; socioeconomic status