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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Developmental Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1335595
This article is part of the Research Topic New Directions and Trends in Parenting Research View all 13 articles

Emphasizing Symbolic Capital: Its Superior Influence on the Association Between Family Socioeconomic Status and Adolescent Subjective Well-Being Uncovered by a Large-Scale Multivariate Network Analysis

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Yaozhi Wang Yaozhi Wang 1Wei Li Wei Li 2Xuerong Liu Xuerong Liu 2Qianyu Zhang Qianyu Zhang 3Desheng Lu Desheng Lu 1*Zhiyi Chen Zhiyi Chen 2*
  • 1 Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
  • 2 Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
  • 3 Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

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    Background: Family socioeconomic status (FSES) serves as a significant determinant for subjective well-being. However, extant research has provided conflicting evidence on the correlation between FSES and adolescent students' subjective well-being (SSWB). Methods: Data were collected from 12,058 adolescent students (16 years of age) by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018. Multivariate canonical correlation and Mantel test were utilized to investigate the specific connection between FSES and SSWB. Furthermore, a Gaussian EBICglasso graphtheoretical model was used to capture the topological properties of the FSES-SSWB network and reveal the interplay among multifarious components of FSES and SSWB. Results: FSES was positively correlated with SSWB. In the FSES-SSWB network, parental educational attainment and occupation status demonstrated the highest centrality values, thereby contributing significantly to the relationship between FSES and SSWB. However, family wealth, along with educational and cultural resources, displayed lower centrality values, signifying their weaker roles in this relationship. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that symbolic capital, rather than family affluence, exerts a dominant influence on adolescent SSWB.

    Keywords: students' subjective well-being, Family socioeconomic status, Adolescent students, Symbolic capital, Network analysis

    Received: 09 Nov 2023; Accepted: 03 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wang, Li, Liu, Zhang, Lu and Chen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Desheng Lu, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, 610068, Sichuan Province, China
    Zhiyi Chen, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China

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