Effects of multidimensional child poverty on children's mental health in Mainland China. (March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Chunkai; Yin, Xican; Jiang, Shan
• Is Part Of: Journal of health psychology. Volume 25:Number 3(2020)
• Page Start: 400
• Page End: 415
• Publication Date: 2020-03
• Subjects: children -- effect -- Mainland China -- mental health -- multidimensional child poverty; Clinical health psychology -- Periodicals; 613.019
• DOI: 10.1177/1359105317718379
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-1053

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effects of multidimensional child poverty on children's mental health in Mainland China. The data were based on a survey of children in 2015 conducted by multi-stage cluster random sampling method in Xiushui, where levels of poverty are very high. Structural equation model was adopted to analyze the data and test the hypothesized model. Results showed that multidimensional child poverty had a significant effect on both negative mental health and positive mental health of children, and the seven indicators of multidimensional child poverty all had slightly different effects on children's mental health.