Ostracism, Psychological Capital, Perceived Social Support and Depression among Economically Disadvantaged Youths: A Moderated Mediation Model

Mental health promotion of economically disadvantaged youths is a popular issue in current China. Economically disadvantaged youths are at greater risk of depression. Ostracism may be an important predictor of depression for them. However, no consensus has been reached on the underlying mechanism be...

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Autores principales:	Xianglian Yu, Lin Zhang, Zihong Lin, Zongkui Zhou, Dilana Hazer-Rau, Pinlin Li, Wenlong Ji, Hanbing Zhang, Tong Wu
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	ostracism depression psychological capital perceived social support economically disadvantaged youth Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9107045e92194504ae8eba10086746652021-11-11T16:26:11ZOstracism, Psychological Capital, Perceived Social Support and Depression among Economically Disadvantaged Youths: A Moderated Mediation Model10.3390/ijerph1821112821660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/9107045e92194504ae8eba10086746652021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11282https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Mental health promotion of economically disadvantaged youths is a popular issue in current China. Economically disadvantaged youths are at greater risk of depression. Ostracism may be an important predictor of depression for them. However, no consensus has been reached on the underlying mechanism between ostracism and depression. A total of 1207 economically disadvantaged youths were recruited from six universities in China. These youths were asked to complete questionnaires measuring depression, ostracism, psychological capital, and perceived social support. A moderated mediation model was examined by using IBM <i>SPSS</i> STATISTICS 27macro program PROCESS version 3.5, in which psychological capital was a mediating variable, and perceived social support was a moderating variable. Lack of causal inferences and self-report bias due to the cross-sectional and self-report survey need to be considered when interpreting results. The results revealed that ostracism was positively associated with depression among economically disadvantaged youths. Psychological capital partially mediated the association. Perceived social support moderated the indirect association between ostracism and depression via psychological capital among economically disadvantaged females. Training and intentional practice of psychological capital could be the core to develop the depression interventions targeting economically disadvantaged youths with experience of ostracism. Gender and perceived social support need to be considered in developing the interventions.Xianglian YuLin ZhangZihong LinZongkui ZhouDilana Hazer-RauPinlin LiWenlong JiHanbing ZhangTong WuMDPI AGarticleostracismdepressionpsychological capitalperceived social supporteconomically disadvantaged youthMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11282, p 11282 (2021)
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spellingShingle	ostracism depression psychological capital perceived social support economically disadvantaged youth Medicine R Xianglian Yu Lin Zhang Zihong Lin Zongkui Zhou Dilana Hazer-Rau Pinlin Li Wenlong Ji Hanbing Zhang Tong Wu Ostracism, Psychological Capital, Perceived Social Support and Depression among Economically Disadvantaged Youths: A Moderated Mediation Model
description	Mental health promotion of economically disadvantaged youths is a popular issue in current China. Economically disadvantaged youths are at greater risk of depression. Ostracism may be an important predictor of depression for them. However, no consensus has been reached on the underlying mechanism between ostracism and depression. A total of 1207 economically disadvantaged youths were recruited from six universities in China. These youths were asked to complete questionnaires measuring depression, ostracism, psychological capital, and perceived social support. A moderated mediation model was examined by using IBM <i>SPSS</i> STATISTICS 27macro program PROCESS version 3.5, in which psychological capital was a mediating variable, and perceived social support was a moderating variable. Lack of causal inferences and self-report bias due to the cross-sectional and self-report survey need to be considered when interpreting results. The results revealed that ostracism was positively associated with depression among economically disadvantaged youths. Psychological capital partially mediated the association. Perceived social support moderated the indirect association between ostracism and depression via psychological capital among economically disadvantaged females. Training and intentional practice of psychological capital could be the core to develop the depression interventions targeting economically disadvantaged youths with experience of ostracism. Gender and perceived social support need to be considered in developing the interventions.
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author	Xianglian Yu Lin Zhang Zihong Lin Zongkui Zhou Dilana Hazer-Rau Pinlin Li Wenlong Ji Hanbing Zhang Tong Wu
author_facet	Xianglian Yu Lin Zhang Zihong Lin Zongkui Zhou Dilana Hazer-Rau Pinlin Li Wenlong Ji Hanbing Zhang Tong Wu
author_sort	Xianglian Yu
title	Ostracism, Psychological Capital, Perceived Social Support and Depression among Economically Disadvantaged Youths: A Moderated Mediation Model
title_short	Ostracism, Psychological Capital, Perceived Social Support and Depression among Economically Disadvantaged Youths: A Moderated Mediation Model
title_full	Ostracism, Psychological Capital, Perceived Social Support and Depression among Economically Disadvantaged Youths: A Moderated Mediation Model
title_fullStr	Ostracism, Psychological Capital, Perceived Social Support and Depression among Economically Disadvantaged Youths: A Moderated Mediation Model
title_full_unstemmed	Ostracism, Psychological Capital, Perceived Social Support and Depression among Economically Disadvantaged Youths: A Moderated Mediation Model
title_sort	ostracism, psychological capital, perceived social support and depression among economically disadvantaged youths: a moderated mediation model
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/9107045e92194504ae8eba1008674665
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Ostracism, Psychological Capital, Perceived Social Support and Depression among Economically Disadvantaged Youths: A Moderated Mediation Model

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