Socioeconomic disparities in psychological health: Testing the Reserve Capacity Model in a population-based sample of Chinese migrants. (September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: You, Jin; Zhu, Ying; Liu, Siqi; Wang, Carol; Wang, Peigang; Du, Hongfei
• Is Part Of: Journal of health psychology. Volume 26:Number 10(2021)
• Page Start: 1538
• Page End: 1548
• Publication Date: 2021-09
• Subjects: Chinese migrants -- perceived stress -- psychological distress -- psychological health -- socioeconomic status; Clinical health psychology -- Periodicals; 613.019
• DOI: 10.1177/1359105319882763
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-1053

Abstract

Based on the Reserve Capacity Model, this study investigated the associations of objective socioeconomic status and subjective social status with psychological health and the underlying psychosocial mechanisms in a population-based sample of Chinese migrants ( n = 15, 999). Results showed that subjective social status was positively associated with life satisfaction and self-rated health through the mediation of psychological distress and perceived stress. Whereas education showed a very weak association with life satisfaction, income was directly associated with life satisfaction only. The findings suggest that reducing psychosocial vulnerabilities may be a potential impetus to eliminate socioeconomic health disparities among Chinese migrants.