Associations between parental socioeconomic status and mental health in Chinese children: the mediating roles of parenting practices

IF 6.8 3区医学 Q1 PEDIATRICS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Pub Date : 2024-05-09 DOI:10.1111/camh.12715

Xiaoyue Sun, Yiqing Yuan

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Abstract

Background

The significance of socioeconomic status (SES) in child mental health is well-established in Western populations; however, there is little evidence on this topic in Chinese populations. The possibility that Chinese families with different SES elicit different parenting practices that cause positive or negative child mental health outcomes warrants further investigation.

Methods

This study examined the associations of SES, parenting practices, and child mental health among 1401 Chinese school children and their parents residing in Shanghai. SES was measured by a composed index of parental education levels, occupations, and household incomes. The Alabama parenting questionnaire (APQ; child version) and the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ; parent version) were used to assess parenting practices and child mental health. We also explored the underlying mechanisms between parental SES and the mental health of children by testing different parenting practices as mediators of the relationships.

Results

The results showed that a higher SES is positively associated with better mental health in children. Positive involvement and deficient monitoring can mediate the relationship between SES and child mental health outcomes. Negative discipline did not significantly mediate the above relationship.

Conclusions

The results highlight the significance of positive involvement and sufficient monitoring in promoting children's mental health and provide evidence for designing effective programs to improve parenting skills.

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父母社会经济地位与中国儿童心理健康之间的关系：父母养育方式的中介作用。

背景：社会经济地位（SES）对儿童心理健康的影响已在西方人群中得到证实，但在中国人群中却鲜有相关证据。不同社会经济地位的中国家庭会采取不同的养育方式，从而导致积极或消极的儿童心理健康结果，这种可能性值得进一步研究：本研究调查了居住在上海的 1401 名中国学龄儿童及其父母的社会经济地位、养育方式和儿童心理健康之间的关系。社会经济地位由父母的教育水平、职业和家庭收入组成的指数来衡量。阿拉巴马养育问卷（APQ；儿童版）和优势与困难问卷（SDQ；家长版）用于评估养育行为和儿童心理健康。我们还通过测试不同的养育方式作为两者关系的中介，探索了父母社会经济地位与儿童心理健康之间的内在机制：结果表明，较高的社会经济地位与较好的儿童心理健康呈正相关。积极的参与和不足的监督可以调节社会经济地位与儿童心理健康结果之间的关系。消极管教对上述关系的调节作用不明显：研究结果凸显了积极的参与和充分的监督对促进儿童心理健康的重要意义，并为设计有效的计划以提高养育技能提供了证据。

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Child and Adolescent Mental Health PEDIATRICS-PSYCHIATRY

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8.30

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期刊介绍： Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) publishes high quality, peer-reviewed child and adolescent mental health services research of relevance to academics, clinicians and commissioners internationally. The journal''s principal aim is to foster evidence-based clinical practice and clinically orientated research among clinicians and health services researchers working with children and adolescents, parents and their families in relation to or with a particular interest in mental health. CAMH publishes reviews, original articles, and pilot reports of innovative approaches, interventions, clinical methods and service developments. The journal has regular sections on Measurement Issues, Innovations in Practice, Global Child Mental Health and Humanities. All published papers should be of direct relevance to mental health practitioners and clearly draw out clinical implications for the field.