 The role of socioeconomic status and parental investment in adolescent outcomesYanan Zhang Children and Youth Services Review, 2021, vol. 129, issue C Abstract: Using structural equation modeling on a nationally representative sample of Chinese middle school students in the China Education Panel Survey, this study examines whether the three dimensions of socioeconomic status (SES, i.e., economic status, parental education, and occupational status) are related to adolescent outcomes via different parental investment pathways, as hypothesized by the family investment model (FIM). There were two main findings. First, we found that all three components of SES significantly predicted various domains of family investments and adolescent outcomes. Second, material investments mediated the effects of SES on adolescents’ cognitive ability and behavioral problems, whereas both time investment and neighborhood quality mediated the effects of SES on adolescents’ psychological well-being and behavioral issues. Those findings expand our understanding of the effects of SES when applying the FIM and advance our knowledge of the FIM by identifying the specific mediating mechanisms that may account for family–child linkages. Keywords: Socioeconomic status; Parental investment; Adolescent outcomes (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:129:y:2021:i:c:s0190740921002620 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106186 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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