The Relationship between Mindfulness and Social Adaptation among Migrant Children in China: The Sequential Mediating Effect of Self-Esteem and Resilience

Yue Wang, Zexin Zheng, Xiaoyi Duan, Mengsha Li and Ying Li ()
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Yue Wang: School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Zexin Zheng: School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Xiaoyi Duan: School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Mengsha Li: School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Ying Li: School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 23, 1-12

Abstract: Social adaptation of migrant children is not only related to the physical and mental health and development of individuals, but also reflects the level of urban social integration and stable development. Mindfulness has a protective effect on individual social adaptation. Self-esteem and resilience were found to be positively associated with mindfulness and social adaptation. Based on the Positive Youth Development Perspective, this study aimed to explore whether self-esteem and resilience sequentially mediated the associations among mindfulness and social adaptation. A total of 526 migrant children were assessed with the questionnaires regarding mindfulness, self-esteem, resilience, and social adaptation. The results indicated that mindfulness was positively associated with social adaptation of migrant children. Self-esteem and resilience played the sequential mediating roles between mindfulness and social adaptation. The present study revealed the influence and mechanism of mindfulness on social adaptation and provided some guidance for the intervention programs to promote migrant children’s adaptability.

Keywords: migrant children; mindfulness; self-esteem; resilience; social adaptation (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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