Faculty of Psychology, Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University.
Health Psychol. 2024 Aug;43(8):570-578. doi: 10.1037/hea0001375. Epub 2024 Apr 11.
This study aimed to examine the double-edged effect of social mobility belief on socioeconomically disadvantaged adolescents' mental and physical health and further explore whether intentional self-regulation is the common psychological mechanism of social mobility belief affecting physical and mental health.
A total of 469 adolescents ( = 13.96 years, 49.3% boys) from two rural public schools in China were included in this study. Adolescents completed questionnaires measuring social mobility belief and mental health (life satisfaction, self-esteem, and depression). Physical health (allostatic load) was reflected by six indicators (resting diastolic and systolic blood pressure, body mass index, epinephrine, norepinephrine, and cortisol).
Social mobility belief was positively correlated with adolescents' life satisfaction and self-esteem but negatively correlated with depression. Intentional self-regulation mediated the relationships between social mobility belief and mental health. In addition, the results showed that intentional self-regulation mediated the relationship between social mobility belief and adolescents' physical health.
Social mobility belief may be a "skin-deep" resilience resource positively related to mental health but negatively correlated with physical health through intentional self-regulation among socioeconomically disadvantaged adolescents. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
本研究旨在检验社会流动信念对社会经济地位不利的青少年心理和身体健康的双刃剑效应，并进一步探讨有意自我调节是否是社会流动信念影响身心健康的共同心理机制。
本研究共纳入来自中国两所农村公立学校的 469 名青少年（平均年龄为 13.96 岁，49.3%为男生）。青少年完成了社会流动信念和心理健康（生活满意度、自尊和抑郁）的问卷测量。身体健康（压力反应）由六个指标（静息舒张压和收缩压、体重指数、肾上腺素、去甲肾上腺素和皮质醇）反映。
社会流动信念与青少年的生活满意度和自尊呈正相关，与抑郁呈负相关。有意自我调节中介了社会流动信念与心理健康之间的关系。此外，结果还表明，有意自我调节中介了社会流动信念与青少年身体健康之间的关系。
在社会经济地位不利的青少年中，社会流动信念可能是一种“表面上”的适应资源，与心理健康呈正相关，但与身体健康呈负相关，这是通过有意自我调节实现的。
