Social Identity, Core Self-Evaluation, School Adaptation, and Mental Health Problems in Migrant Children in China: A Chain Mediation Model

Ye Chen, Xinxin Yu (), Aini Azeqa Ma’rof, Zeinab Zaremohzzabieh, Haslinda Abdullah, Hanina Halimatusaadiah Hamsan and Lyuci Zhang
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Ye Chen: Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
Xinxin Yu: Department of Education, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
Aini Azeqa Ma’rof: Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
Zeinab Zaremohzzabieh: Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
Haslinda Abdullah: Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
Hanina Halimatusaadiah Hamsan: Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
Lyuci Zhang: Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 24, 1-11

Abstract: (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.

Keywords: core self-evaluation; mental health; migrant children; school adaptation; social identity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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