Food Insecurity and Educational Expectation among Chinese Rural School Children: A Serial Multiple Mediation Model.

The present study aims to explore the associations between food insecurity and educational expectation, as well as the mediating role of the serial mediators of self-efficacy and depression on the focal association, among school children in rural China. This study conducted a cross-sectional survey...

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Publicado en:Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 32; no. 7; pp. 1873 - 1882
Autores principales: Cao, Yanchun, Yang, Fan, Zheng, Junyao
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Publicado: Springer Nature Jul2023
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          Cao, Yanchun
          Yang, Fan
          Zheng, Junyao
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          Faculty of Economics and Management, East China Normal University, 200062, Shanghai, China
          School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200030, Shanghai, China
          China Institute for Urban Governance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200030, Shanghai, China
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        China
        Education
        School health services
        Food security
        Motivation (Psychology)
        Cross-sectional method
        Middle school students
        Families
        Communities
        Self-efficacy
        Mental depression
        Students
        School children
        Rural population
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          School health services
          Food security
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          Cross-sectional method
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          Families
          Communities
          Self-efficacy
          Mental depression
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          School children
          Rural population
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          Educational Support Services
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        Depression
        Educational expectation
        Food insecurity
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      ab: The present study aims to explore the associations between food insecurity and educational expectation, as well as the mediating role of the serial mediators of self-efficacy and depression on the focal association, among school children in rural China. This study conducted a cross-sectional survey on 3,787 students (Grade 5 to Grade 9, mean age = 13.38 years). They responded to questions on demographics, educational expectation, The Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), and The Birleson Depression Self-Rating Scale (DSRS). Serial-multiple mediation modeling was used to test the mediating roles of self-efficacy and depression. It is found that higher food insecurity was associated with lower educational expectation (p < 0.001). The serial mediators of self-efficacy and depression were found partially mediating the association between food insecurity and educational expectation (p < 0.001). Moreover, the mediating effect of self-efficacy and depression, respectively, was observed to be stronger than the serial-multiple mediation effect of the two. The study enhances the understanding of how food insecurity relates with educational expectation among children with limited resources in developing countries. The findings as with the severity of childhood food insecurity in rural China as well as its association with the consequences on children's educational expectation provide empirical support for contentions that food insecurity should be considered in designing and implementing school-based intervention programs for children in disadvantaged households or communities. Moreover, related children services could weaken the negative influences of food insecurity on educational expectation by introducing interventions on childhood self-efficacy and depression. Highlights: 24.80% of the rural children were experiencing from food insecurity to different extent. Food insecurity was negatively correlated with the participants' educational expectation. The serial mediators of self-efficacy and depression were found partially mediating the focal association.
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