AUTHOR=Wang Li , Li Fenglan , Meng Keqiang , Dunning Kelly Heber 

TITLE=Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Adult Subjective Wellbeing: The Role of Hope and Sense of Control

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.879132

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.879132

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=The study investigates the unexplored link between childhood socioeconomic status and adult subjective well-being using data from a field survey of 568 rural residents from poor areas in China. This study focuses on exploring the relationship between childhood socioeconomic status, hope, sense of control, and adult subjective well-being using a structural equation model. Results indicated that hope and sense of control mediated the links between childhood socioeconomic status and adult subjective well-being, revealing that hope and sense of control may buffer the negative impacts of childhood poverty experiences on subjective well-being. The findings provide new insights into the impacts of childhood socioeconomic status on adult subjective well-being and expand the literature on key factors in adult subjective well-being.