Cross-lagged relationships among food insecurity, life satisfaction, and psychological distress in economically disadvantaged youth.

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Psychology Health & Medicine Pub Date : 2025-08-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-31 DOI:10.1080/13548506.2025.2512153

Arnat Wannasri, Jansen Cambia, Nirmin F Juber, Chih-Ting Lee, Meng-Che Tsai

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Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal triadic relationships among food insecurity (FI), life satisfaction (LS), and psychological distress (PD) of adolescents with economic disadvantages. Data (N = 1,173, Mage = 13.2 years at T1) were derived from the Taiwan Database of Children and Youth in Poverty across three time points, namely, T1 (2013), T2 (2015), and T3 (2017). The study applied a random intercept cross-lagged path model to investigate between- and within-person associations among the three factors. Residual within-wave covariances pointed to intercorrelations among the three factors. We observed significant auto-regressive paths for the three factors at the within-person level, except for the one between FI at T2 and T3. Alternatively, reciprocal cross-lagged effects were observed between LS and PD, and FI predicted less PD. LS mediated the relationship between FI and PD, and likewise, PD mediated that between FI and LS. In conclusion, accounting for between- and within-person variances, the study highlighted the critical role of LS in psychological health among economically disadvantaged youth facing FI issues.

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经济弱势青年粮食不安全、生活满意度和心理困扰之间的交叉滞后关系。

摘要本研究旨在探讨经济困难青少年食物不安全（FI）、生活满意度（LS）和心理困扰（PD）的纵向三位一体关系。数据（N = 1173, Mage = 13.2 at T1）来自台湾贫困儿童和青少年数据库，跨越三个时间点，即T1 (2013), T2（2015）和T3（2017）。该研究采用随机截距交叉滞后路径模型来调查这三个因素之间的人际关系和人际关系。残差波内协方差指出了三个因素之间的相互关系。我们观察到除了T2和T3时FI之间的自回归路径外，这三个因素在人体内水平上具有显著的自回归路径。另外，在LS和PD之间观察到相互的交叉滞后效应，FI预测较少的PD。LS介导FI与PD之间的关系，同样，PD介导FI与LS之间的关系。总之，考虑到人与人之间和人与人之间的差异，该研究强调了LS在面临FI问题的经济弱势青年的心理健康中的关键作用。

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Psychology Health & Medicine PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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6.20

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200

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Psychology, Health & Medicine is a multidisciplinary journal highlighting human factors in health. The journal provides a peer reviewed forum to report on issues of psychology and health in practice. This key publication reaches an international audience, highlighting the variation and similarities within different settings and exploring multiple health and illness issues from theoretical, practical and management perspectives. It provides a critical forum to examine the wide range of applied health and illness issues and how they incorporate psychological knowledge, understanding, theory and intervention. The journal reflects the growing recognition of psychosocial issues as they affect health planning, medical care, disease reaction, intervention, quality of life, adjustment adaptation and management. For many years theoretical research was very distant from applied understanding. The emerging movement in health psychology, changes in medical care provision and training, and consumer awareness of health issues all contribute to a growing need for applied research. This journal focuses on practical applications of theory, research and experience and provides a bridge between academic knowledge, illness experience, wellbeing and health care practice.