From Neighboring Behavior to Mental Health in the Community: The Role of Gender and Work-Family Conflict

Zhenduo Zhang, Li Zhang, Xiaoqian Zu, Tiansen Liu and Junwei Zheng
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Zhenduo Zhang: School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Li Zhang: School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Xiaoqian Zu: School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Tiansen Liu: School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
Junwei Zheng: Department of Construction Management, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 12, 1-15

Abstract: This research emphasizes the potential influences of social community environments on low-income employees’ mental health. Using a two-wave panel design, we collect 218 matched data from low-income employees in Harbin City, China. We developed a moderated mediation model to test our hypotheses with the following significant results: (1) neighboring behavior, defined as both giving and receiving various kinds of assistance to and from one’s neighbors, positively influenced mental health; (2) work-family conflict mediated the relationship between neighboring behavior and mental health; (3) gender moderated the influences of neighboring behavior on mental health, such that neighboring behavior had a stronger positive influence on mental health for females than for males; (4) gender moderated the mediating effect of work-family conflict; that is, the positive influences of neighboring behavior were stronger for female employees than for male employees. This research explores the mechanism and boundary conditions of the relationship between neighboring behavior and mental health. In practice, community managers support community social workers by organizing community-building social activities and supportive programs to enhance residents’ neighboring behavior.

Keywords: neighboring behavior; mental health; gender; work-family conflict; community (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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