Poverty Stifles Ambition: The Role of Self-Efficacy and Perceived Social Fairness in the Future Orientation of Adolescents from Financially Disadvantaged Families

Author:

Chen Jingjing1ORCID,Guo Xiaoyu1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Sociology, School of humanities and social sciences, Nanjing Forestry University, NanJing, China

Abstract

Although there is substantial evidence that the family’s financial situation influences the development of adolescents’ future orientation, little is known about the influencing mechanism. This study examined the potential mediating effects of self-efficacy (SE) and perceived social fairness (PSF) in the relationship between family financial difficulties (FFD) and future orientation (FO) with two independent samples of Chinese adolescents. In Study 1, a total of 1,527 adolescents (762 girls; mean age = 14.81 years, SD = 1.70) were recruited to complete a multi-section questionnaire. The results indicated that FFD significantly and negatively predicted FO. SE and PSF significantly mediated the relationship between FFD and FO both independently and sequentially. To test whether the above results are stable and replicable, we further conducted a validation study in Study 2 ( N = 410) and found all the results remained significant. Implications for future research and limitations are discussed.

Funder

Jiangsu Provincial Education Science “14th Five-Year Plan” Fund Project

Project of Philosophy and Social Science Research in Colleges and Universities in Jiangsu Province

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Social Sciences,Sociology and Political Science,Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Reference60 articles.

1. Abe A. (2012). Affluence and poverty: Relative poverty of children in Japan. The Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology, 23(4), 362–374. https://doi.org/10.11201/jjdp.23.362

2. Inequity In Social Exchange

3. Motivational power of future time perspective: Meta-analyses in education, work, and health

4. Relationships between general self-efficacy, planning for the future, and life satisfaction

5. Blaming for a Better Future

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3