TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Effects of multidimensional child poverty on children's mental health in Mainland China JO - Journal of health psychology A1 - Li, Chunkai A1 - Yin, Xican A1 - Jiang, Shan SP - 1359105317718379 EP - 1359105317718379 VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - This study aimed to investigate the effects of multidimensional child poverty on children's mental health in Mainland China. The data were based on a survey of children in 2015 conducted by multi-stage cluster random sampling method in Xiushui, where levels of poverty are very high. Structural equation model was adopted to analyze the data and test the hypothesized model.

RESULTS showed that multidimensional child poverty had a significant effect on both negative mental health and positive mental health of children, and the seven indicators of multidimensional child poverty all had slightly different effects on children's mental health.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 1359-1053 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105317718379 ID - ref1 ER -