School of Humanities and Management, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
Georgian Med News. 2024 Jan(346):56-62.
This study explored the effect of childhood subjective socioeconomic status on mental health and the chain-mediating mechanism of perceived discrimination and status anxiety. A random survey was conducted via an online survey platform with 999 college students in east China. Participants completed the Childhood Subjective Socioeconomic Status Scale, General Health Questionnaire, Status Anxiety Scale, and the Perceived Personal Discrimination Scale. The sample comprised 323 men and 676 women. The mean age was 20.49±2.70 years. Mediation analysis using Model 6 and 5,000 bootstrap samples was employed to explore the mediating role of perceived discrimination and status anxiety in the relationship between childhood subjective socioeconomic status and mental health. Mental health was significantly positively correlated with childhood socioeconomic status, and significantly negatively correlated with perceived discrimination and status anxiety. Perceived discrimination and status anxiety played a partial chain mediating role between childhood socioeconomic status and mental health. The mediation model accounted for 31% of the variance in mental health. Moreover, the results indicated that the significant mediating effect of perceived discrimination between childhood subjective SES and mental health had a value of 0.029 and a 95% confidence interval of [0.019, 0.041]. Furthermore, the significant mediating effect of status anxiety between childhood subjective SES and mental health had a value of 0.010 and a 95% confidence interval of [0.006, 0.014]. The results provide an explanation of how childhood subjective socioeconomic status influences their mental health. Interventions to address perceived discrimination and status anxiety can improve the mental health status of children who experience childhood adversity. The study's findings contribute to understanding mental health in childhood and inform potential interventions to improve the well-being of individuals who have experienced childhood adversity. The limitations of the study were self-report scales and potential biases in the sample population. Addressing these limitations will enhance the credibility of the research and pave the way for future studies.
本研究探讨了儿童主观社会经济地位对心理健康的影响，以及感知歧视和地位焦虑的链式中介机制。通过华东地区的在线调查平台，对 999 名大学生进行了随机调查。参与者完成了儿童主观社会经济地位量表、一般健康问卷、地位焦虑量表和感知个人歧视量表。样本包括 323 名男性和 676 名女性。平均年龄为 20.49±2.70 岁。采用模型 6 和 5000 个自举样本进行中介分析，以探讨感知歧视和地位焦虑在儿童主观社会经济地位与心理健康之间关系中的中介作用。心理健康与儿童社会经济地位显著正相关，与感知歧视和地位焦虑显著负相关。感知歧视和地位焦虑在儿童主观社会经济地位与心理健康之间起着部分链式中介作用。该中介模型解释了心理健康 31%的方差。此外，结果表明，感知歧视在儿童主观 SES 与心理健康之间的显著中介效应值为 0.029，95%置信区间为[0.019，0.041]。此外，地位焦虑在儿童主观 SES 与心理健康之间的显著中介效应值为 0.010，95%置信区间为[0.006，0.014]。研究结果提供了一种解释儿童主观社会经济地位如何影响其心理健康的方法。针对感知歧视和地位焦虑的干预措施可以改善经历童年逆境的儿童的心理健康状况。本研究的发现有助于理解儿童时期的心理健康，并为改善经历童年逆境的个体的幸福感提供潜在的干预措施。研究的局限性在于自我报告的量表和样本人群中潜在的偏差。解决这些局限性将提高研究的可信度，为未来的研究铺平道路。
