The Influence of Relational Mobility on Fertility Intention: The Mediating Role of Perceived Social Resource Availability

IF 1.6 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

International Journal of Psychology Pub Date : 2025-09-08 DOI:10.1002/ijop.70099

Wenjian Fan, Qian Sun, Lvmin Wu, Qianyun Gao

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Abstract

The global decline in fertility rates highlights the critical need to enhance individuals' fertility intentions. Using the socio-ecological perspective, we reveal a largely overlooked yet crucial socio-ecological factor that influences individuals' fertility intentions. Specifically, we propose that relational mobility serves as a precursor to fertility intention. Four studies using different operationalisations of relational mobility provided convergent support for this idea. Study 1 and Study 2 indicated that relational mobility positively predicted fertility intention by separately using national representative data and a survey approach. Study 3 replicated these results in an experimental setting and demonstrated the causal effect of relational mobility on fertility intention. Study 4 further revealed that this effect was driven by perceived social resource availability. Our findings add to the literature on fertility intention and relational mobility. Moreover, policymakers can consider boosting individuals' fertility intentions by improving the relational mobility of the environment in which they reside or by activating individuals' perceptions of high relational mobility in their immediate societies.

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关系流动对生育意愿的影响：感知社会资源可得性的中介作用

全球生育率的下降凸显了提高个人生育意愿的迫切需要。从社会生态学的角度来看，我们揭示了一个很大程度上被忽视的影响个体生育意愿的关键社会生态因素。具体地说，我们提出关系流动是生育意愿的前兆。四项研究使用关系流动的不同操作方式为这一观点提供了趋同的支持。研究1和研究2分别采用全国代表性数据和调查方法，表明关系流动性正预测生育意愿。研究3在实验环境中重复了这些结果，并证明了关系流动性对生育意愿的因果影响。研究4进一步揭示了这种效应是由感知到的社会资源可用性驱动的。我们的发现补充了关于生育意愿和关系流动性的文献。此外，政策制定者可以考虑通过改善他们所居住环境的关系流动性，或通过激活个人对其直接社会中高关系流动性的感知，来提高个人的生育意愿。

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International Journal of Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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