家庭收入与高中生幸福感:社会支持与性别因素的作用

为探讨家庭收入与幸福观的关系,并着力考察性别和社会支持在其中所起的作用,该研究采用家庭收入问卷、社会支持评价量表和总体幸福感量表对520名高中生进行调查,结果发现:(1)高中生家庭收入可显著正向预测总体幸福感;社会支持在两者间起完全中介作用。(2)性别因素对社会支持在家庭收入与总体幸福感之间的中介效应具有调节作用。家庭收入显著正向预测女生的社会支持,而对男生社会支持的预测不显著。研究结果揭示了家庭收入对幸福感的作用机制,可为高中生幸福感提升提供有益指导。

The Association between Family Income and Well-being: The Mediating Role of Social Support and the Moderating Role of Gender

To investigate the relationship between family income, social support, gender and well-being of adolescents, totally 520 senior high school students were recruited to participate in this study. They completed the general well-being schedule, social support appraisal scale and reported their family annual income. The results indicated that:(1) Family income significantly positively predicted the well-being of high school students, and social support played a fully mediating role between family income and the well-being. (2) Gender moderated the first path of the mediated effect of social support. To be more specific, the relationship between family income and well-being was stronger for female students relative to the males. These findings contributed to our understanding of the potential mechanism between family income and well-being of adolescents. Moreover, it also provided some constructive suggestions for protecting and improving the well-being of high school students.