Family Socioeconomic Status and Adolescent Mental Health Problems during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Roles of Trait Mindfulness and Perceived Stress

Yue Yuan, Aibao Zhou () and Manying Kang
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Yue Yuan: Department of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Aibao Zhou: Department of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Manying Kang: Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: The present study was conducted twice over one year during the COVID-19 pandemic with Chinese adolescents ( n = 1582) to investigate the relationships among family socioeconomic status (SES), adolescent mental health problems, trait mindfulness, and perceived stress using self-reported measures. We administered the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), the Perceived Stress Scale (PPS), the Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), the Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and Conduct Problem Tendency Inventory (CPTDI) to a sample of Chinese adolescents. The results prove that (1) there were significant correlations among socioeconomic status, trait mindfulness, perceived stress, and adolescent mental health problems, and the (2) serial mediation analysis indicated that trait mindfulness and perceived stress performed as mediators on the path from SES to anxiety, depression, and externalizing problems. Our findings provide a contribution by showing the connection between socioeconomic position and adolescent mental health problems and by offering a reference for the treatment of psychological issues affecting adolescents.

Keywords: family socioeconomic status; mental health; trait mindfulness; perceived stress; adolescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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