Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Adult Subjective Wellbeing: The Role of Hope and Sense of Control

The study investigates the unexplored link between childhood socioeconomic status and adult subjective wellbeing using data from a field survey of 568 rural residents from poor areas in China. This study focuses on exploring the relationship between childhood socioeconomic status, hope, sense of con...

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Published in:	Frontiers in psychology Vol. 13; p. 879132
Main Authors:	Wang, Li, Li, Fenglan, Meng, Keqiang, Dunning, Kelly Heber
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A 04-07-2022
Subjects:	childhood socioeconomic status hope mediation effects Psychology sense of control subjective wellbeing
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Summary:	The study investigates the unexplored link between childhood socioeconomic status and adult subjective wellbeing using data from a field survey of 568 rural residents from poor areas in China. This study focuses on exploring the relationship between childhood socioeconomic status, hope, sense of control, and adult subjective wellbeing using a structural equation model. Results indicated that hope and sense of control mediated the links between childhood socioeconomic status and adult subjective wellbeing, revealing that hope and sense of control may buffer the negative impacts of childhood poverty experiences on subjective wellbeing. The findings provide new insights into the impacts of childhood socioeconomic status on adult subjective wellbeing and expand the literature on key factors in adult subjective wellbeing.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 This article was submitted to Positive Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology Edited by: Elise Renard, Université de Nantes, France Reviewed by: André Luiz Monezi Andrade, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil; Marcin Wnuk, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
ISSN:	1664-1078 1664-1078
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2022.879132