Neighborhood Quality and Subjective Well-being Among Children: A Moderated Mediation Model of Out-of-school Activities and Friendship Quality

Lin Wang (), Yuhang Cheng (), Shan Jiang () and Ziyao Zhou ()
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Lin Wang: Fudan University
Yuhang Cheng: Zhejiang University
Shan Jiang: Zhejiang University
Ziyao Zhou: Zhejiang University

Child Indicators Research, 2023, vol. 16, issue 4, No 9, 1607-1626

Abstract: Abstract This study focuses on children as social actors to explore the factors that influence their subjective well-being. The primary purposes of this study are twofold: (1) to examine the potential mediating effects of out-of-school activities on the association between neighborhood quality and children’s subjective well-being; and (2) to examine the potential moderating effects of friendship quality on the associations between neighborhood quality, out-of-school activities, and children’s subjective well-being. This study used international data from the third wave of the International Survey of Children’s Well-Being (ISCWeB). The final sample consists of 93,344 children (mean age = 10.95, 49.3% were boys). The results revealed a significant indirect effect of neighborhood quality on children’s subjective well-being via out-of-school activities. Furthermore, the effect of neighborhood quality on children’s subjective well-being was stronger for children with low friendship quality than for those with high friendship quality. Similarly, the effect of out-of-school activities on subjective well-being was stronger for children with low friendship quality than for those with high friendship quality. This study provides important theoretical and practical implications for future research and interventions.

Keywords: Neighborhood quality; Out-of-school activities; Friendship quality; Subjective well-being; Children (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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