Social Behavior and Personality
Volume 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 303-314

The role of intergroup permeability on Chinese migrant children’s social integration (Article)

Hao Z. , Cui L.*
  • a The School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, China, School of English Studies, Shanghai International Studies University, China
  • b The School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, China

Abstract

We used structural equation modeling to examine the influencing factors and mediating mechanism in the process of migrant children’s social integration. Participants were 437 migrant children in Shanghai. The results showed that as a risk factor, perceived discrimination had a significant negative effect on the migrant children’s social integration. Intergroup permeability had a mediation effect in the relationship between migrant children’s perceived discrimination and social integration. Self-esteem moderated the mediation effect of intergroup permeability, and the strength of this mediation impact increased as the level of self-esteem did. Thus, intergroup permeability had a moderating mediation effect on the social integration of migrant children. © Society for Personality Research.

Author Keywords

China perceived discrimination Self-esteem Migrant Children Intergroup permeability social integration

Index Keywords

major clinical study structural equation modeling risk factor self esteem integration human migrant Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84963764390&doi=10.2224%2fsbp.2015.43.2.303&partnerID=40&md5=57e4a57c55caaf5aae53815bc04e262b
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2015.43.2.303
ISSN: 03012212
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English