1. Perceived family support and student outcomes in rural China: a mediation analysis.
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Abbey, Cody, Xue, Hao, Kennedy, Thomas, Barket, Brandon, Dai, Qixin, Ly, Tracy, Su, William, Rozelle, Scott, Wang, Huan, She, Xinshu, and Singh, Manpreet
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FAMILY support ,SECONDARY school students ,AT-risk students ,CAREGIVERS ,RURAL poor ,SCHOOL children ,AT-risk youth - Abstract
This study investigated the association between household characteristics, perceived family support (PFS), and the developmental outcomes (resilience, academic performance, and prosociality) among at-risk students. Our large sample included 1564 primary and secondary school students from poor rural China (M = 11.55 years old). Having a caregiver whose resilience score was in the top 50% of the sample was associated with a 0.48-point increase (or 0.31 d effect size), while having a migrant mother was correlated with a 0.26-point decrease (or 0.17 d effect size). PFS was a significant (p < 0.0001) mediator between household characteristics and developmental outcomes. Our study highlights the link between caregiver resilience and PFS, and the healthy functioning of disadvantaged students in a developing context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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