University of Windsor.
Beijing Normal University.
J Psychol. 2021;155(4):387-405. doi: 10.1080/00223980.2021.1891854. Epub 2021 Apr 8.
The present study examined the risk and protective factors of loneliness among Chinese internal migrant children (CIMC) in Beijing, China, including self-esteem, resilience, social support, and acculturative stress. Longitudinal survey data were collected from a large sample of 4th, 5th, and 6th grade CIMC from three schools in Beijing, at four time points (=862 at T1 to =837 at T4) over a 20-month period. Grounded in the Cultural and Contextual Model of Coping and the Acculturation Theory, two predictor models of loneliness were tested with path analysis. The results yielded the following: a) the two predictor models fit the data well; b) CIMC's T1 self-esteem and T1 resilience protected them against loneliness at T4; and c) CIMC's T2 social support seeking was a significant mediator between self-esteem and loneliness, and between resilience and loneliness; and d) similarly, CIMC's T3 acculturative stress was a significant mediator between self-esteem and loneliness, and between resilience and loneliness. The study's results highlight the merit and importance of implementing theoretically-guided, model-testing research grounded in a prospective research design, to help advance CIMC research. Implications for future research on and practical support for CIMC are discussed.
本研究考察了中国北京市内移民儿童（CIMC）孤独感的风险和保护因素，包括自尊、韧性、社会支持和文化适应压力。使用来自北京三所学校的大量 4 至 6 年级 CIMC 的纵向调查数据，在 20 个月的时间内进行了四次 (=862 人在 T1 到 =837 人在 T4)。基于应对的文化和背景模型和文化适应理论，使用路径分析测试了两个孤独感预测模型。结果如下：a) 两个预测模型很好地拟合了数据；b) CIMC 在 T1 时的自尊和 T1 时的韧性可以保护他们在 T4 时免受孤独感的影响；c) CIMC 在 T2 时寻求社会支持是自尊和孤独感之间，以及韧性和孤独感之间的显著中介因素；d) 同样，CIMC 在 T3 时的文化适应压力是自尊和孤独感之间，以及韧性和孤独感之间的显著中介因素。研究结果强调了在前瞻性研究设计基础上，实施理论指导、模型测试研究的优点和重要性，以帮助推进 CIMC 研究。讨论了未来对 CIMC 的研究和实际支持的意义。
