Life satisfaction in Chinese rural‐to‐urban migrants: Investigating the roles of self‐esteem and affect balance. Issue 5 (25th April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liang, Dekuo; Xu, Dawei; Xia, Liying; Ma, Xuelin
• Is Part Of: Journal of community psychology. Volume 48:Issue 5(2020)
• Page Start: 1651
• Page End: 1659
• Publication Date: 2020-04-25
• Subjects: affect balance -- China -- life satisfaction -- rural‐to‐urban migrant -- self‐esteem; Clinical psychology -- Periodicals; Social psychiatry -- Periodicals; Community Mental Health Services -- Periodicals; 362.2205
• DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22360
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0090-4392

Abstract

Abstract: The goal of the present article is to investigate whether positive and negative affects mediate or moderate the impact of self‐esteem on life satisfaction among Chinese rural‐to‐urban migrants. Participants contained 712 rural‐to‐urban migrants recruited from four construction sites in China, who were evaluated with Rosenberg Self‐Esteem Scale, Positive and Negative Affect Scale, and Satisfaction with Life Scale. Correlation analysis indicated self‐esteem positively predicted life satisfaction. In addition, we demonstrated the mediating effects of positive affect and negative affect partially in the links from self‐esteem to life satisfaction, but failed to reveal the moderating effects. These findings suggested that affect balance intervention program may benefit the life satisfaction in Chinese rural‐to‐urban migrants.