Self-esteem mediates the link between subjective family socioeconomic status and daily depressed mood during emerging adulthood: A daily diary study

IF 3.8 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI:10.1111/aphw.70046

Qiaosheng Wang, Ningzhe Zhu, Tiantian Guo, Feng Kong

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Abstract

Background

Previous investigations have demonstrated the link between subjective socioeconomic status and depressed mood. However, the relationship and mechanisms of subjective socioeconomic status with daily depressed mood remain unclear in emerging adulthood.

Methods

This study investigated whether and how family subjective socioeconomic status is associated with depressed mood using a 14-day daily diary design with multilevel modeling. A total of 243 participants (mean age: 19.46 years; 89.7% female) completed the socioeconomic status scale at baseline, followed by the daily self-esteem scale and the daily depressed mood scale over 14 consecutive days.

Results

The multilevel regression analysis showed that socioeconomic status negatively predicted individuals' depressed mood (β = −0.24, 95% CI = [−0.31, −0.10], z = −2.85, p = .003). In addition, the 2–1-1 multilevel mediation analysis indicated that self-esteem mediated the association between family subjective socioeconomic status and depressed mood (indirect effect = −0.22, 95% CI = [−0.36, −0.11], p = .002).

Conclusions

The findings of this study suggest that interventions aimed at enhancing self-esteem, such as group counseling activities, may have the potential to reduce depressed mood in emerging adults.

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刚成年期，自尊在主观家庭社会经济地位和日常抑郁情绪之间起中介作用：一项每日日记研究

以往的研究已经证明了主观社会经济地位与抑郁情绪之间的联系。然而，主观社会经济地位与成年初期日常抑郁情绪的关系和机制尚不清楚。方法采用多水平建模的14天日记本设计，调查家庭主观社会经济地位与抑郁情绪是否相关以及如何相关。共有243名参与者(平均年龄：19.46岁；89.7%女性)在基线时完成社会经济地位量表，随后连续14天完成每日自尊量表和每日抑郁情绪量表。结果多水平回归分析显示，社会经济地位与个体抑郁情绪呈负相关（β = - 0.24, 95% CI = [- 0.31, - 0.10], z = - 2.85, p = 0.003）。此外，2-1-1多水平中介分析显示，自尊在家庭主观社会经济地位与抑郁情绪之间起中介作用（间接效应= - 0.22,95% CI = [- 0.36, - 0.11], p = .002）。结论本研究的结果表明，旨在增强自尊的干预措施，如团体咨询活动，可能有可能减少新兴成人的抑郁情绪。

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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12.10

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2.90%

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期刊介绍： Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International Association of Applied Psychology. It was established in 2009 and covers applied psychology topics such as clinical psychology, counseling, cross-cultural psychology, and environmental psychology.