Group Differences in the Psychological Integration Path of the Rural-to-Urban Migrants: A Conditional Process Analysis

At present, income and welfare inequality between migrant workers and urban natives has improved in China, but there are still many “semi-urbanized” migrant workers, whose psychological integration into the migrant city is very important for their mental health. By using a second stage conditional p...

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Autores principales:	Liu Yang, Qinyao Wu
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	migrant workers psychological integration path conditional process analysis group differences perceived discrimination Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3befa2db12da49d985e04e4db22e6abd2021-11-11T16:35:22ZGroup Differences in the Psychological Integration Path of the Rural-to-Urban Migrants: A Conditional Process Analysis10.3390/ijerph1821114631660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/3befa2db12da49d985e04e4db22e6abd2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11463https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601At present, income and welfare inequality between migrant workers and urban natives has improved in China, but there are still many “semi-urbanized” migrant workers, whose psychological integration into the migrant city is very important for their mental health. By using a second stage conditional process model to decompose the effect of income on psychological integration into direct and indirect effects, this study explores the different psychological integration paths of migrant workers in different migration ranges, based on the data of the China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS). The results show that the total effect of income on psychological integration is positive, and the value of inter-provincial samples is twice that of full samples. There is a significant difference in psychological integration paths between inter-provincial and intra-provincial samples, and when social comparison acts as a mediator, income has no direct effect on psychological integration of intra-provincial samples, while the direct and indirect effects of inter-provincial samples account for half of each other. Perceived discrimination played a reversed moderated role in the effect of social comparison on psychological integration, i.e., the lower the degree of perceived discrimination, the stronger the positive effect of social comparison on psychological integration, and vice versa. Therefore, according to the actual needs of different groups, relevant policies should be gradually adjusted to improve the psychological integration of migrant workers, thus contributing to their mental health.Liu YangQinyao WuMDPI AGarticlemigrant workerspsychological integration pathconditional process analysisgroup differencesperceived discriminationMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11463, p 11463 (2021)
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description	At present, income and welfare inequality between migrant workers and urban natives has improved in China, but there are still many “semi-urbanized” migrant workers, whose psychological integration into the migrant city is very important for their mental health. By using a second stage conditional process model to decompose the effect of income on psychological integration into direct and indirect effects, this study explores the different psychological integration paths of migrant workers in different migration ranges, based on the data of the China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS). The results show that the total effect of income on psychological integration is positive, and the value of inter-provincial samples is twice that of full samples. There is a significant difference in psychological integration paths between inter-provincial and intra-provincial samples, and when social comparison acts as a mediator, income has no direct effect on psychological integration of intra-provincial samples, while the direct and indirect effects of inter-provincial samples account for half of each other. Perceived discrimination played a reversed moderated role in the effect of social comparison on psychological integration, i.e., the lower the degree of perceived discrimination, the stronger the positive effect of social comparison on psychological integration, and vice versa. Therefore, according to the actual needs of different groups, relevant policies should be gradually adjusted to improve the psychological integration of migrant workers, thus contributing to their mental health.
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title	Group Differences in the Psychological Integration Path of the Rural-to-Urban Migrants: A Conditional Process Analysis
title_short	Group Differences in the Psychological Integration Path of the Rural-to-Urban Migrants: A Conditional Process Analysis
title_full	Group Differences in the Psychological Integration Path of the Rural-to-Urban Migrants: A Conditional Process Analysis
title_fullStr	Group Differences in the Psychological Integration Path of the Rural-to-Urban Migrants: A Conditional Process Analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Group Differences in the Psychological Integration Path of the Rural-to-Urban Migrants: A Conditional Process Analysis
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Group Differences in the Psychological Integration Path of the Rural-to-Urban Migrants: A Conditional Process Analysis

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