Impulsivity and social support as intervening and interactive variables in the link between childhood socioeconomic status and mental health among first-year college students
Our findings demonstrate that impulsivity serves as a partial intervening variable in the relationship between childhood SES and the mental health of first-year college students. However, higher levels of social support were linked to weaker negative associations between impulsivity and both childhood SES and mental health. Interventions that focus on managing impulsivity and increasing social support for first-year college students from low socioeconomic backgrounds could be effective strategies for improving their mental health.
Authors
- Wo Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9442-2097)
- Jianyu Tan
- Pan Ran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9890-2736)
- Zhewei Su
- Yiting Kong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7812-1457)
- Li Kuang
- Rui Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4719-9921)
- Qi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4159-9932)
- Xiaoming Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4779-1316)
- Hong Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5180-1372)
Institutions
- The Affiliated Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (CN)
- Chongqing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1569001
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.92
Funders
- Chongqing Medical University