Liu Na, Li Xinzheng, Ding Xuemei, Liu Haixia, Zhang Xiaoli
School of Nursing, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China.
School of Public Health and Administration, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China.
Front Psychol. 2023 Jan 13;13:1100677. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1100677. eCollection 2022.
Life satisfaction is closely related to the quality of life. Previous studies showed that left-behind children have low life satisfaction levels due to their separation from their parents. Therefore, it is significant to explore the risk factors and protective factors of left-behind children's life satisfaction to improve their life quality. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the mediating roles of perceived social support and sense of security in the relationship between negative life events and life satisfaction among left-behind children.
A survey was conducted on 281 left-behind children in rural Shandong, China using negative life events, perceived social support, a sense of security, and life satisfaction scales.
Negative life events had a negative impact on life satisfaction ( = -0.34, = 0.001). In addition, not only does social support mediate between negative life events and life satisfaction ( = -0.21, = 0.001), but also in between, security ( = -0.05, = 0.030). Moreover, social support and security act as a chain intermediary between negative life events and life satisfaction ( = -0.03, = 0.010), with an indirect effect share of 4.76%.
Negative life events could directly or indirectly affect the life satisfaction of left-behind children through the chain-mediating effects of perceived social support or the sense of security alone. Perceived social support and the sense of security are two important targets for further improving the life satisfaction of LBC.
生活满意度与生活质量密切相关。以往研究表明，留守儿童因与父母分离而生活满意度较低。因此，探究留守儿童生活满意度的风险因素和保护因素对提高其生活质量具有重要意义。因此，本研究的目的是确定感知社会支持和安全感在留守儿童负面生活事件与生活满意度之间关系中的中介作用。
采用负面生活事件、感知社会支持、安全感和生活满意度量表，对中国山东省农村地区281名留守儿童进行了调查。
负面生活事件对生活满意度有负面影响（β = -0.34，p = 0.001）。此外，社会支持不仅在负面生活事件和生活满意度之间起中介作用（β = -0.21，p = 0.001），而且在安全感方面也起中介作用（β = -0.05，p = 0.030）。此外，社会支持和安全感在负面生活事件和生活满意度之间起链式中介作用（β = -0.03，p = 0.010），间接效应占比为4.76%。
负面生活事件可通过感知社会支持或安全感的链式中介效应直接或间接影响留守儿童的生活满意度。感知社会支持和安全感是进一步提高留守儿童生活满意度的两个重要目标。
