Social identity, core self-evaluation, school adaptation, and mental health problems in migrant children in China: a chain mediation model

(1) Background: The present study investigated the relationships between social identity, core self-evaluation, school adaptation, and mental health problems in migrant children, and the mechanism underlying these relationships; (2) Methods: The participants were migrant middle school students in Ch...

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Main Authors: Chen, Ye, Yu, Xinxin, Ma’rof, Aini Azeqa, Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab, Abdullah, Haslinda, Halimatusaadiah Hamsan, Hanina, Zhang, Lyuci
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Published: MDPI 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103225/
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author Chen, Ye
Yu, Xinxin
Ma’rof, Aini Azeqa
Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab
Abdullah, Haslinda
Halimatusaadiah Hamsan, Hanina
Zhang, Lyuci
author_facet Chen, Ye
Yu, Xinxin
Ma’rof, Aini Azeqa
Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab
Abdullah, Haslinda
Halimatusaadiah Hamsan, Hanina
Zhang, Lyuci
author_sort Chen, Ye
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description (1) Background: The present study investigated the relationships between social identity, core self-evaluation, school adaptation, and mental health problems in migrant children, and the mechanism underlying these relationships; (2) Methods: The participants were migrant middle school students in China. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS version 26. A survey comprising the social identity scale, core self-evaluation scale, school adaptation scale, and mental health scale MMHI-60 was deployed; (3) Results: Findings indicated a significant and negative association between social identity and mental health problems, and such an association was sequentially mediated by core self-evaluation and school adaptation. Furthermore, core self-evaluation and school adaptation played a chain mediation role between social identity and migrant children’s mental health problems; (4) Conclusions: It is crucial to improve social identity, core self-evaluation, and school adaptation to reduce mental health problems among this population. Therefore, the research results provide a new direction for promoting the development of mental health education for migrant workers and their children in China.
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spelling upm-1032252024-06-23T01:19:04Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103225/ Social identity, core self-evaluation, school adaptation, and mental health problems in migrant children in China: a chain mediation model Chen, Ye Yu, Xinxin Ma’rof, Aini Azeqa Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab Abdullah, Haslinda Halimatusaadiah Hamsan, Hanina Zhang, Lyuci (1) Background: The present study investigated the relationships between social identity, core self-evaluation, school adaptation, and mental health problems in migrant children, and the mechanism underlying these relationships; (2) Methods: The participants were migrant middle school students in China. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS version 26. A survey comprising the social identity scale, core self-evaluation scale, school adaptation scale, and mental health scale MMHI-60 was deployed; (3) Results: Findings indicated a significant and negative association between social identity and mental health problems, and such an association was sequentially mediated by core self-evaluation and school adaptation. Furthermore, core self-evaluation and school adaptation played a chain mediation role between social identity and migrant children’s mental health problems; (4) Conclusions: It is crucial to improve social identity, core self-evaluation, and school adaptation to reduce mental health problems among this population. Therefore, the research results provide a new direction for promoting the development of mental health education for migrant workers and their children in China. MDPI 2022 Article PeerReviewed Chen, Ye and Yu, Xinxin and Ma’rof, Aini Azeqa and Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab and Abdullah, Haslinda and Halimatusaadiah Hamsan, Hanina and Zhang, Lyuci (2022) Social identity, core self-evaluation, school adaptation, and mental health problems in migrant children in China: a chain mediation model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (24). art. no. 16645. pp. 1-11. ISSN 1661-7827; ESSN: 1660-4601 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/24/16645 10.3390/ijerph192416645
spellingShingle Chen, Ye
Yu, Xinxin
Ma’rof, Aini Azeqa
Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab
Abdullah, Haslinda
Halimatusaadiah Hamsan, Hanina
Zhang, Lyuci
Social identity, core self-evaluation, school adaptation, and mental health problems in migrant children in China: a chain mediation model
title Social identity, core self-evaluation, school adaptation, and mental health problems in migrant children in China: a chain mediation model
title_full Social identity, core self-evaluation, school adaptation, and mental health problems in migrant children in China: a chain mediation model
title_fullStr Social identity, core self-evaluation, school adaptation, and mental health problems in migrant children in China: a chain mediation model
title_full_unstemmed Social identity, core self-evaluation, school adaptation, and mental health problems in migrant children in China: a chain mediation model
title_short Social identity, core self-evaluation, school adaptation, and mental health problems in migrant children in China: a chain mediation model
title_sort social identity, core self-evaluation, school adaptation, and mental health problems in migrant children in china: a chain mediation model
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