Influence of Subjective/Objective Status and Possible Pathways of Young Migrants’ Life Satisfaction and Psychological Distress in China

Chiang, Yi-Chen; Chu, Meijie; Zhao, Yuchen; An, Li; Lee, Chun-Yang; Hsueh, Shao‐Chieh; Zhang, S.

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.612317

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“…The SSS measures keep their predictive power after controlling for objective measures (e.g., income poverty or household income) and are mostly stronger predictors of PD (Chang et al, 2020; Chung et al, 2018; Sakurai et al, 2010). Although several studies on young adults have documented the socioeconomic gradient in mental health using objective SES measures (e.g., von Soest et al, 2012), there is limited empirical evidence on the SSS-PD association among young adults (Achdut et al, 2021) and most studies in this area are based on samples of students (Dyrbye et al, 2006; Reyes & Yujuico, 2014; Saïas et al, 2014; Schubert et al, 2016; Vázquez et al, 2012; Vidal et al, 2018) or immigrants (Chiang et al, 2021). These groups cannot adequately represent young adults in general—especially when considering SES and other social stressors.…”

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Inequality in psychological distress among young adults: An integrative model of economic, social, and environmental determinants.

Achdut¹

2023

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Differences in economic, social, and environmental circumstances lead to systematic and unfair health inequalities. Yet, this inequality is modifiable. Drawing on the social determinants approach to health this study explored: (a) the association between economic, social-relational, and environmental stressors with psychological distress (PD) among a representative sample of young adults in Israel (N = 2,407); (b) the collective impact of these multiple stressors on PD and the extent to which the co-occurrence of stressors demonstrated a stepped relationship with PD. Social determinants included subjective poverty, perceived income adequacy, material deprivation indices, social trust, trust in institutions, perceived discrimination, loneliness, and indicators for the quality of the neighborhood environment. Bivariate analysis was used to assess associations between economic, social-relational, and environmental stressors with PD. Hierarchical linear regressions, estimated to predict PD, showed that the social determinants shaped PD in young adulthood, with each stressor domain making a distinct contribution to explaining PD. Subjective poverty, material deprivation, and loneliness were particularly detrimental. Social determinants were additive, constituting cumulative stressors that convey increased risk for young adults' mental well-being. The findings suggest that health inequality can be reduced by directly addressing its social determinants. Although important, improved access to social and mental health services alone is unlikely to relieve the burden of PD and its adverse consequences both for individual suffering and at the national level. Broader and combined policy measures are required to combat poverty and deprivation, discrimination, lack of trust, and loneliness. Public Policy Relevance StatementPsychological distress in young adulthood is shaped by economic, social-relational, and neighborhood environment stressors. The co-occurrence of stressors is extremely harmful for young adults, resulting in progressively declining well-being. Disparities in psychological distress can be greatly reduced by addressing its social determinants. Combined policy measures should be taken, giving priority to those aimed at combating poverty and material deprivation along with programs and intervention to alleviate loneliness. The eradication of discrimination against any background and enhancement of both social trust and trust in institutions are important steps for narrowing health inequalities and promoting social justice. Finally, decreasing environmental stressors in terms of noise level and air pollution will also help. These require action beyond the health sector and should involve the education, labor, environment, housing, and welfare sectors. To address the health divide, policy makers must adopt the broader perspective of considering individuals' position within multiple levels of the social context in which they are embedded. Y oung people transitioning to adulthood are a high-risk group for adverse men...

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Section: Theoretical Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Inequality in psychological distress among young adults: An integrative model of economic, social, and environmental determinants.

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2023

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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“…In terms of acculturation, as revealed in the acculturation theory, the life changes that trigger acculturation are sometimes beneficial and offer new development opportunities to the acculturated person, but sometimes they bring about a great deal of pressure, which has a pronounced effect on the health of migrating or floating populations ( Fox et al, 2017 ). In terms of social adaptation, young migrants have lost their original interpersonal networks, but the construction of new social networks and social interactions can lower the negative impact that social adaptation produces on their mental health and improve their social position and development of social functions ( Chiang et al, 2021 ).…”

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Social Integration and Health Among Young Migrants in China: Mediated by Social Mentality and Moderated by Gender

2022

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Population mobility has been one of the most basic social characteristics of China’s reform and opening up for more than 40 years. As the main labor force in Chinese cities, young migrants have made major contributions toward China’s economic miracle as the country has experienced rapid industrialization and urbanization. However, frequent mobility has caused an imbalanced social mentality in young migrants and often leads to issues with social integration, which has made this group more vulnerable with respect to their health. This study used the 2013 and 2015 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) data of 1,007 young migrants to investigate social mentality mediating the linkage between social integration and health among young migrants. Additionally, to probe the moderating role of gender, multi-group structural equation modeling was applied to test if the pathways in the mediation model differed between young male and female migrants in a significant way. The results suggested that after controlling for the influence of age, marital status, education, and personal annual income, social integration positively impacted the health of young migrants in a significant way; social mentality mediated the action of social integration on this group’s health; and with respect to gender difference, on the three paths of social integration affecting health, social integration affecting social mentality, and social mentality affecting health, young male migrants were more affected than young female migrants. The findings of this study could help improve gender-specific policies on the health of the floating population and offer important theoretical reference and practical suggestions for future research.

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“…Individual socioeconomic characteristic such as age, occupation, income and longer time in the host cities could determine sense of belonging [17,18]. Some researchers have suggested that migrants with greater social adaptation skills, language skills, interpersonal skills, connections with local residents, degrees of acceptance, and roles consciousness may exhibit a higher sense of city belonging and identity [19][20][21][22][23]. With respect to individual psychological feelings, some scholars indicated that life satisfaction was positively and directly correlated to immigrants' sense of belonging [24].…”

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Improving the sense of city belonging among migrant elderly following family from an elderly service perspective: a cross-sectional study

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Background The migrant elderly following family (MEFF), who migrates to new community to reunite with families, may face challenges of city integration and belonging. This study aims to explore from an elderly service perspective how to improve the sense of city belonging for MEFFs with and without hypertension/diabetes conditions. Methods Data were derived from the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey and China National Statistical Yearbooks in 2017. The study included 882 MEFFs with hypertension or diabetes and 1266 MEFFs without hypertension and diabetes. Hierarchical linear modeling was applied to analyze the effects of individual and provincial elderly services on sense of city belonging among the MEFF with and without hypertension/diabetes. Results The MEFFs with hypertension or diabetes exhibited a greater sense of city belonging when they were familiar with a wider range of health education topics (γ = 0.05, p = 0.033) and were in those provinces with a greater number of licensed doctors (γ = 0.39, p < 0.001) and hospitals (p = 0.042). For those MEFFs without hypertension or diabetes, social security cards (γ = 0.57, p < 0.001) and awareness of a wider range of health education topics (γ = 0.07, p = 0.018) may help to improve their sense of city belonging. Conclusion This study calls for strengthening the accessibility in inclusive elderly services, and minimizing or even eliminating the inequality in elderly services at the individual and provincial levels to increase sense of city belonging among the MEFFs. For the MEFFs with hypertension or diabetes, health managers should focus on improving health information dissemination and increasing the number of doctors per 1000 people as well as and the number of hospitals to enhance the sense of city belonging. Moreover, the government should strengthen social security and health education to facilitate the adaptation and integration of MEFFs without hypertension and diabetes into the host city.

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Influence of Subjective/Objective Status and Possible Pathways of Young Migrants’ Life Satisfaction and Psychological Distress in China

Cited by 17 publications

References 112 publications

Inequality in psychological distress among young adults: An integrative model of economic, social, and environmental determinants.

Inequality in psychological distress among young adults: An integrative model of economic, social, and environmental determinants.

Social Integration and Health Among Young Migrants in China: Mediated by Social Mentality and Moderated by Gender

Improving the sense of city belonging among migrant elderly following family from an elderly service perspective: a cross-sectional study

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