Psychological Development and Education ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (1): 100-108.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2022.01.12

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The Relationship between Cumulative Family Risk and Emotional Problems among Impoverished Children: A Moderated Mediation Model

YUAN Yanyun1,2, WANG Zhihang2, SUN Qing2, WANG Dongfang3, YIN Xiayun4, LI Zhihua1,2   

  1. 1. College Teacher Education, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211;
    2. College of Education, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha 410128;
    3. School of Psychology and Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631;
    4. Institute of Education, Hunan University of Science and Technoligy, Xiangtan 411201
  • Published:2022-02-17

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Abstract: With a sample of 468 Chinese impoverished children (mean age=13.76 years, SD=2.88), the current study aimed to examine the association between cumulative family risk and emotional problems, and further to explore the potential mediating role of school connectedness and the potential moderating role of self-esteem on such relationship. Results showed that:(1) Cumulative family risk positively predicted emotional problems among impoverished children; (2) School connectedness played a mediating role in the relationship between cumulative family risk and emotional problems, that is, cumulative family risk could predict children's emotional problems in poverty via school connectedness; (3) Self-esteem served as a moderator between cumulative family risk and school connectedness. Specifically, self-esteem buffered the impact of cumulative family risk on school connectedness, and this buffering effect of self-esteem was smaller under a higher level of cumulative family risk. Overall, these findings suggested that family risk factors and school connectedness are key predictors of children's emotional problems in poverty, and we should not be over-optimistic about the protective role of self-esteem in impoverished children.

Key words: impoverished children, emotional problems, cumulative family risk, school connectedness, self-esteem

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