School of Management, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an, China.
Am J Mens Health. 2023 Jan-Feb;17(1):15579883231157975. doi: 10.1177/15579883231157975.
The marriage-squeeze unmarried rural men perceive during their daily life is one of the main stressors severely affecting their subjective well-being under the universal marriage culture. The mechanism of this relationship is still unknown. Based on the Stress Process Model, using data from the "Survey on Rural Family Martial Status," this study examines the relationship between perceived marriage squeeze (PMS) and subjective well-being (SWB) and the mediating effect of sense of coherence (SOC). A sample of 417 Chinese unmarried rural men with an average age of 28.88 years was enrolled in this cross-sectional. Ordinary least square regressions and Bootstrap-mediated effect analysis methods were used to examine the association between PMS, SWB, and SOC. The results show that PMS has significant negative effects on both SWB and SOC of unmarried rural men, and SOC has a significant positive impact on SWB; the more perceived marriage squeeze they have, the lower SWB and SOC they have. The mediated analysis shows that SOC plays a mediating role in the influence of PMS on the SWB of unmarried rural men. This is to say, SOC can mitigate PMS's negative effects on the SWB of unmarried rural men. Our findings highlight the importance of SOC in protecting the SWB of unmarried rural men. Considering the propounding influence of the marriage squeeze, policies that enhance the level of SOC should be implemented to relieve the influence of PMS on vulnerable unmarried rural men's SWB.
农村未婚男性在日常生活中感知到的婚姻挤压是普遍婚姻文化下严重影响其主观幸福感的主要压力源之一。这种关系的机制尚不清楚。本研究基于压力过程模型，使用“农村家庭婚姻状况调查”的数据，检验了感知婚姻挤压（PMS）与主观幸福感（SWB）之间的关系以及心理韧性（SOC）的中介作用。本横断面研究纳入了 417 名平均年龄为 28.88 岁的中国农村未婚男性。采用普通最小二乘回归和 Bootstrap 中介效应分析方法，检验了 PMS、SWB 和 SOC 之间的关联。结果表明，PMS 对农村未婚男性的 SWB 和 SOC 均有显著的负向影响，SOC 对 SWB 有显著的正向影响；感知婚姻挤压程度越高，农村未婚男性的 SWB 和 SOC 越低。中介分析表明，SOC 在 PMS 对农村未婚男性 SWB 的影响中起中介作用。也就是说，SOC 可以减轻 PMS 对农村未婚男性 SWB 的负面影响。本研究结果强调了 SOC 在保护农村未婚男性主观幸福感方面的重要性。考虑到婚姻挤压的提出影响，应实施增强 SOC 水平的政策，以减轻 PMS 对弱势农村未婚男性 SWB 的影响。
