Negative Life Events and Life Satisfaction: Exploring the Role of Family Cohesion and Self-Efficacy Among Economically Disadvantaged Adolescents

Jhang, Fang-Hua

doi:10.1007/s10902-020-00315-8

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“…Family cohesion is an important protective factor which is negatively related to negative emotion (26)(27)(28)(29). As expected, the study during the COVID-19 epidemic period also has found a significant negative relationship between family cohesion and fear of COVID-19 (30).…”

Section: Fear Of Covid-19 As a Mediatorsupporting

confidence: 53%

Family Cohesion and Stress Consequences Among Chinese College Students During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Moderated Mediation Model

Zeng

Zhang

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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Family plays a pivotal role in individuals' mental health. During the COVID-19 epidemic, people were being quarantined at home to prevent the further spread of the virus. Therefore, the influence of family on individuals is more significant than usual. It is reasonable to assume that family cohesion can effectively alleviate the stress consequences during the COVID-19 epidemic. In the present study, a moderated mediation model was constructed to examine the mechanisms underlying the association between family cohesion and stress consequences among Chinese college students. A large sample of Chinese college students (N = 1,254, Mage = 19.85, SDage = 1.29) participated in the study. Results indicated that family cohesion was negatively related to stress consequences. Fear of COVID-19 partially mediated the link between family cohesion and stress consequences. Excessive affective empathy reported by participants served to aggravate the relation between fear of COVID-19 and stress consequences. The study helps us understand how internal and external factors affect individual mental health that provides meaningful implications for promoting mental health.

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Section: Fear Of Covid-19 As a Mediatorsupporting

confidence: 53%

Family Cohesion and Stress Consequences Among Chinese College Students During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Moderated Mediation Model

Zeng

Zhang

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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“…However, when facing widowhood, older women are less vulnerable than older men (34). Stressful life events are still risk factors for depression and are predictors of the onset and relapse of depression (5,6,15,19,28,(35)(36)(37). However, previous research has covered many risk factors related to depression but only partly underlined the association between stressful life events and depression (20).…”

Section: Risk Factors For Depressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Life stress is caused by adverse social-environmental experiences, which include economic circumstances, physical health, mental states, and social relationships (36). Stressful life events are defined as transitions that prompt a need to readjust the daily life routine, especially emotional and physical readjustment, and include events, such as death and dying, and issues related to healthcare, finances, and family (15,35,38). Furthermore, stressful life events for older people include social losses, illnesses, changes in social roles, and changes in daily life patterns (15).…”

Section: Stressful Life Events and Depressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, stressful life events for older people include social losses, illnesses, changes in social roles, and changes in daily life patterns (15). In previous studies, stressful and negative life events have been treated as similar and interchangeable (20,35).…”

Section: Stressful Life Events and Depressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Social support plays a protective role against depression and acts as a moderator between stressful life events and depression (20,28,35,36). Through social support, individuals enhance their resilience to cope with stressful life events, and consequently, depression decreases (36).…”

Section: Stressful Life Events Social Support and Depressionmentioning

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Stressful Life Events and Chinese Older People Depression: Moderating Role of Social Support

Liu

2021

Front. Public Health

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Aim: This study analyzes the effects of retrospective stressful life events on current depression among Chinese older people and how these effects are moderated by social support. Stressful life events comprise bereavement, divorce, health adversities, accidents, and financial losses due to fraud.Data and Method: Data were drawn from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) of the 2015 panel, and responses from 9,619 older people aged over 60 years were used. The least-squares regression method was applied to measure the linear effects. Propensity score matching minimized selection bias and enabled the measurement of the net effects of stressful life events. The bias-corrected matching estimator was also used to correct the inexact matching bias from propensity score matching.Result: Experienced stressful life events and exposure to cumulative stressful life events were found to lead to depression in older people. When older people experienced stressful life events but with more social activities, and higher satisfaction and frequent contact with children, their depressive levels were lower. The results of the propensity score matching showed that stressful life events resulted in depression in older people. Furthermore, individuals with family support were able to moderate stressful life events effects; however, the moderating effects of social activity separately were negligible. In sum, with the moderating role of family support and social activity, the average differences in older people depression caused by stressful life events decreased.Conclusion: Experiencing stressful life events is detrimental to the psychological health of the older people. Social support, including family support and social activity, has buffered detrimental effects on depression caused by stressful life events.Interpretations: The study underscores the need to supply effective interventions for the older people who experienced stressful life events. First, society should improve the capability of community care centers to supply mental health services. Second, family members should pay attention to mental condition of older people, and specific support should concord with the needs of Chinese older people. In addition, support suppliers can move from being confined to kinship relationships to close relationships, such as the community partners and neighbors.

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Family Processes and Competence in a Positive Youth Development Context: Perspectives for African American Youth

James

Noltemeyer

Roberts

et al. 2021

Springer Series on Child and Family Studies

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Negative Life Events and Life Satisfaction: Exploring the Role of Family Cohesion and Self-Efficacy Among Economically Disadvantaged Adolescents

Cited by 10 publications

References 50 publications

Family Cohesion and Stress Consequences Among Chinese College Students During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Moderated Mediation Model

Family Cohesion and Stress Consequences Among Chinese College Students During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Moderated Mediation Model

Stressful Life Events and Chinese Older People Depression: Moderating Role of Social Support

Family Processes and Competence in a Positive Youth Development Context: Perspectives for African American Youth

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