Trans-local ties, local ties and psychological well-being among rural-to-urban migrants in Shanghai
Trans-local ties, local ties and psychological well-being among rural-to-urban migrants in Shanghai
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.014
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发表时间：
2012-07-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Wang, Guixin
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作者：
Jin, Lei;Wen, Ming;Wang, Guixin
在过去的三十年里，估计有2亿农村居民搬到了中国的城市中心。他们是城市中的“旅居者”，与家乡社区保持着密切的联系，我们称之为跨地方联系。本文考察了流动人口的社会关系与心理健康之间的关系，并将跨地方关系与流动人口在接收社区的关系进行了对比，这些关系被称为地方关系。我们预计，对于移民，跨本地关系促进更好的心理健康，不仅通过提供情感支持，而且通过产生有利的社会比较;而本地关系可能提供重要的社会支持，但也可能产生负面的社会比较。我们使用在上海收集的数据来测试我们的预期。我们将移民与上海本地人样本进行比较，以评估移民所特有的社会关系与心理健康之间的关系模式。我们发现，对于移民，更多的跨本地关系与更好的心理健康，而本地关系的数量是不是一个显着的预测。这种模式在上海本地人中并没有观察到。此外，对于移民来说，跨地方的联系促进了他们在上海的地位的良好评价，并缓冲了他们对歧视的看法;相反，更多的本地联系往往与更负面的社会地位看法相关联。研究结果强调了社会关系和健康结果之间经常被忽视的途径，即通过影响社会比较和感知的社会地位。这项研究还表明，除了减少制度和个人的歧视，促进移民和他们的家乡社区之间的密切联系可能是一个富有成效的方式，以促进他们的福祉，在当代中国的城市背景。(C)2012爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
During the past three decades, an estimated 200 million rural residents have moved to urban centers in China. They are "sojourners" in the cities and maintain close ties with their home communities, which we term trans-local ties. This paper examines the relationship between migrants' social ties and their mental health, and contrasts the trans-local ties with migrants' ties in the receiving communities, which are termed local ties. We expect that for the migrants, trans-local ties foster better mental health not only through providing emotional support but also through generating favorable social comparisons; whereas local ties may furnish important social support, but may also produce negative social comparisons. We use data collected in Shanghai to test our expectations. We compare the migrants to a sample of Shanghai natives to assess patterns of relationship between social ties and mental health that are unique to the migrants. We find that for the migrants, more numerous trans-local ties are associated with better mental health, whereas the number of local ties is not a significant predictor. This pattern is not observed among the Shanghai natives. Moreover, for migrants, trans-local ties foster a favorable evaluation of their status in Shanghai and buffer their perception of discrimination; in contrast, more numerous local ties tend to be associated with a more negative perception of social status. The findings highlight an often-overlooked pathway between social ties and health outcomes, namely, through influencing social comparison and perceived social status. This study also suggests that in addition to reducing institutional and personal discrimination, facilitating close bonds between the migrants and their home communities may be a productive way to foster their well-being, in the context of contemporary urban China. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.