Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Arizona State University, USA.
Soc Sci Med. 2024 Nov;360:117330. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117330. Epub 2024 Sep 12.
As poverty in the U.S. is increasing and the income gap continues to rise, addressing disparities in socioeconomic status (SES) has become a national priority. This study employs the Interactionist Model, a well-established theoretical framework for examining the intergenerational transmission of SES. Specifically, using longitudinal data from a sample of 998 adolescents, 47.2% of whom are females, from diverse ethnic backgrounds, we investigated how parents' SES influences both their material and immaterial resources, and subsequently affects their offspring's SES through inhibitory control during adolescence. Our findings support an indirect effect wherein parental SES influences the SES of the next generation via parental material and immaterial investments. Additionally, we demonstrate that immaterial investments influence the next generation's SES, mediated by inhibitory control. The implications of these findings are further discussed.
随着美国贫困率的上升和收入差距的持续扩大，解决社会经济地位（SES）的差异已成为国家的优先事项。本研究采用互动模型，这是一个成熟的理论框架，用于研究 SES 的代际传递。具体来说，我们使用了一个来自不同族裔背景的 998 名青少年的样本的纵向数据，其中 47.2%是女性，调查了父母的 SES 如何影响他们的物质和非物质资源，以及随后如何通过青少年时期的抑制控制来影响他们后代的 SES。我们的研究结果支持了一种间接影响，即父母的 SES 通过父母的物质和非物质投资影响下一代的 SES。此外，我们还证明了非物质投资通过抑制控制来影响下一代的 SES。进一步讨论了这些发现的意义。
