Who are the convoys of the happiness of Chinese urban residents? Research on social relations and subjective well-being based on the convoy model
IntroductionWhile the rapid advancement of urbanization has driven the improvement of material living standards, it has also brought about rapid social changes and intensified competition. In this “involutive” environment characterized by highly competitive and strong pressure, urban residents tend...
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| description | IntroductionWhile the rapid advancement of urbanization has driven the improvement of material living standards, it has also brought about rapid social changes and intensified competition. In this “involutive” environment characterized by highly competitive and strong pressure, urban residents tend to fall into a state of “mental exhaustion.” Anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, and other mental illnesses have seriously threatened public health in Chinese cities. Support from social relations is crucial for enhancing residents’ subjective well-being (SWB) and promoting their mental health, especially in China’s highly contextualized collectivist culture.MethodsAccording to the social structure of China’s “difference sequence pattern,” this paper constructs a theoretical framework of the relationship between social relations and SWB based on the convoy model and uses CGSS2018 data to verify the applicability of the theoretical framework.ResultsKinship and friendship positively relate to SWB, and their interaction effect is significantly negative. There is no necessary correlation between neighborhood and SWB. The relationship between social relations and SWB of different age groups is heterogeneous. In addition, the moderating effects of relative income and social class are significantly negative.DiscussionKinship and friendship are Chinese urban residents’ SWB convoys, and these two factors have an obvious substitution effect. The neighborhood has withdrawn from the convoy orbit of Chinese urban residents’ SWB, which may be related to neighborhood indifference caused by China’s housing system reform. From the life course perspective, the SWB convoys of young and middle-aged groups consist of kinship and friendship, while those of elderly people include kinship and neighborhood. In addition, for poor individuals living at the bottom of society, support from kinship is the most important source of social capital. These findings provide new insights into the relationship between social relations and the welfare of Chinese urban residents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b9a6e7a8d40e46d9b774ce4f7f3fc90b2023-09-05T11:23:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-09-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.12607541260754Who are the convoys of the happiness of Chinese urban residents? Research on social relations and subjective well-being based on the convoy modelJianna Li0Bin Guo1Mengyuan Lu2Wen Zhang3Department of Management Science and Engineering, School of Management, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, ChinaDepartment of Public Administration, School of Public Administration, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, ChinaDepartment of Management Science and Engineering, School of Management, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, ChinaDepartment of Management Science and Engineering, School of Management, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, ChinaIntroductionWhile the rapid advancement of urbanization has driven the improvement of material living standards, it has also brought about rapid social changes and intensified competition. In this “involutive” environment characterized by highly competitive and strong pressure, urban residents tend to fall into a state of “mental exhaustion.” Anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, and other mental illnesses have seriously threatened public health in Chinese cities. Support from social relations is crucial for enhancing residents’ subjective well-being (SWB) and promoting their mental health, especially in China’s highly contextualized collectivist culture.MethodsAccording to the social structure of China’s “difference sequence pattern,” this paper constructs a theoretical framework of the relationship between social relations and SWB based on the convoy model and uses CGSS2018 data to verify the applicability of the theoretical framework.ResultsKinship and friendship positively relate to SWB, and their interaction effect is significantly negative. There is no necessary correlation between neighborhood and SWB. The relationship between social relations and SWB of different age groups is heterogeneous. In addition, the moderating effects of relative income and social class are significantly negative.DiscussionKinship and friendship are Chinese urban residents’ SWB convoys, and these two factors have an obvious substitution effect. The neighborhood has withdrawn from the convoy orbit of Chinese urban residents’ SWB, which may be related to neighborhood indifference caused by China’s housing system reform. From the life course perspective, the SWB convoys of young and middle-aged groups consist of kinship and friendship, while those of elderly people include kinship and neighborhood. In addition, for poor individuals living at the bottom of society, support from kinship is the most important source of social capital. These findings provide new insights into the relationship between social relations and the welfare of Chinese urban residents.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1260754/fullsubjective well-beingthe convoy modelsocial relationskinshipfriendshipneighborhood |
| spellingShingle | Jianna Li Bin Guo Mengyuan Lu Wen Zhang Who are the convoys of the happiness of Chinese urban residents? Research on social relations and subjective well-being based on the convoy model Frontiers in Psychology subjective well-being the convoy model social relations kinship friendship neighborhood |
| title | Who are the convoys of the happiness of Chinese urban residents? Research on social relations and subjective well-being based on the convoy model |
| title_full | Who are the convoys of the happiness of Chinese urban residents? Research on social relations and subjective well-being based on the convoy model |
| title_fullStr | Who are the convoys of the happiness of Chinese urban residents? Research on social relations and subjective well-being based on the convoy model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Who are the convoys of the happiness of Chinese urban residents? Research on social relations and subjective well-being based on the convoy model |
| title_short | Who are the convoys of the happiness of Chinese urban residents? Research on social relations and subjective well-being based on the convoy model |
| title_sort | who are the convoys of the happiness of chinese urban residents research on social relations and subjective well being based on the convoy model |
| topic | subjective well-being the convoy model social relations kinship friendship neighborhood |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1260754/full |
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