Cumulative Risk and Subjective Well-Being Among Rural-to-Urban Migrant Adolescents in China: Differential Moderating Roles of Stress Mindset and Resilience

Ying Jiang (), Hua Ming (), Yuan Tian (), Silin Huang (), Ling Sun (), Hui-jie Li () and Hongchuan Zhang ()
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Ying Jiang: Beijing Normal University
Hua Ming: Beijing Normal University
Yuan Tian: Beijing Normal University
Silin Huang: Beijing Normal University
Ling Sun: Central University of Finance and Economics
Hui-jie Li: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hongchuan Zhang: Central University of Finance and Economics

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2020, vol. 21, issue 7, No 7, 2429-2449

Abstract: Abstract Migrant adolescents are exposed to a variety of risk factors that threaten their well-being. However, previous studies have often focused on one or several factors separately, ignoring the cumulative effect of risks. The current study adopted the cumulative risk (CR) model and examined the deleterious effect of CR on the three indices of subjective well-being (SWB) among early migrant adolescents in China. We further explored the moderating role of resilience and stress mindset on the above associations. A sample of 234 early migrant adolescents (45.7% girls) completed self-reported questionnaires in two waves (2016–2017), and the mean age of valid participants was 11.49 years (SD = 1.16) at T1. The multiple regression results indicated that CR negatively predicted adolescents’ life satisfaction one year later. Moreover, high resilience and a more stress-is-enhancing mindset buffered the deleterious effect of CR on the emotional components of SWB. Specifically, the negative effect of CR on positive affect was reduced as resilience increased, whereas the adverse effect of CR on negative affect was attenuated by holding a more stress-is-enhancing mindset. The present findings suggest that CR is a useful predictor for multiple risk factors to which migrant adolescents are exposed and that it has a robust effect on later SWB. These findings also contribute to a better understanding of the moderating roles of resilience and stress mindset to aid future intervention programs.

Keywords: Cumulative risk; Subjective well-being; Stress mindset; Resilience; Chinese rural-to-urban migrant adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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