Mechanisms connecting objective and subjective poverty to mental health: Serial mediation roles of negative life events and social support

Qingsong Chang, Chenhong Peng, Yingqi Guo, Ziyi Cai and Paul S.F. Yip

Social Science & Medicine, 2020, vol. 265, issue C

Abstract: Mental health and poverty remain pressing global challenges yet, their relationship has been neglected by international development policies, even in high income societies. This study aims to investigate the relationship between objective/subjective poverty and mental health and its potential mechanism.

Keywords: Objective poverty; Subjective poverty; Mental health; Social support; Negative life events; Serial multiple mediation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113308

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