Peer relationship profiles in rural Chinese adolescents: Longitudinal relations with subjective well-being. (September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Yan; Wang, Liwei; Zhao, Jingxin
• Is Part Of: Journal of health psychology. Volume 26:Number 11(2021)
• Page Start: 1803
• Page End: 1820
• Publication Date: 2021-09
• Subjects: left-behind adolescents -- peer relationships -- subjective well-being -- latent profile analysis -- longitudinal study; Clinical health psychology -- Periodicals; 613.019
• DOI: 10.1177/1359105319888278
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-1053

Abstract

Using two waves of data, this study aimed to identify the peer relationship profiles of 1295 rural Chinese adolescents based on a person-centered approach and to examine the interactions among these profiles, left-behind status, and gender in predicting subsequent subjective well-being. Latent profile analyses identified four profiles: a socially competent profile, a socially accepted profile, an isolated profile, and a rejected profile. These profiles were linked to left-behind status (i.e. both-parent migration, father-only migration, mother-only migration, and non-parent migration) and gender. Moreover, left-behind status moderated the longitudinal relations between the peer relationship profiles and subjective well-being for boys and girls.