Subjective social status and well-being of adolescents and young adults in Ghanaian schools: conditional process analysis
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Subjective social status and well-being of adolescents and young adults in Ghanaian schools : conditional process analysis. / Quansah, Frank; Agormedah, Edmond Kwesi; Hagan, John Elvis et al.
In: BMC psychology, Vol. 11, No. 1, 122, 12.2023.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Subjective social status and well-being of adolescents and young adults in Ghanaian schools
T2 - conditional process analysis
AU - Quansah, Frank
AU - Agormedah, Edmond Kwesi
AU - Hagan, John Elvis
AU - Frimpong, James Boadu
AU - Ankomah, Francis
AU - Srem-Sai, Medina
AU - Dadaczynski, Kevin
AU - Okan, Orkan
AU - Schack, Thomas
N1 - Funding Information: None declared. Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - BackgroundWith the growing concern and interest in the mental health and well-being of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) including those in schools, many studies have explored the bivariate relationship between subjective social status (SSS) and AYAs’ subjective well-being (SWB). Acknowledging the spurious nature of this relationship, we assessed the relationship between SSS and SWB of AYAs in schools within Northern Ghana, focusing on the conditional indirect effect of monetary resource (MR) and sense of coherence (SoC).MethodsWe utilised a cross-sectional descriptive design to survey 1096 senior high school students from two regions in Ghana’s Northern zone through a stratified sampling method. A questionnaire consisting of a number of calibrated standardized measures was used for the data collection. The data were processed using SPSS and PROCESS Macro and analysed using Hayes’ conditional process analysis.ResultsThe results revealed that students’ MR significantly moderated the relationships between SSS and SoC as well as SSS and SWB. A significant moderated mediation effect of MR and SoC on the relationship between SSS and SWB was found. Particularly, AYAs who reported higher levels of MRl, SSS and SoC reported a better SWB.ConclusionThe findings underscore the relevance of providing sufficient financial support for students in secondary schools in Ghana; thus, highlighting the sheer relevance of economic capital as a leading factor for better well-being. The findings also place much emphasis on building students’ personal coping mechanisms as a key variable in explaining how the students’ SSS and MR translate into having positive mental health outcomes.
AB - BackgroundWith the growing concern and interest in the mental health and well-being of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) including those in schools, many studies have explored the bivariate relationship between subjective social status (SSS) and AYAs’ subjective well-being (SWB). Acknowledging the spurious nature of this relationship, we assessed the relationship between SSS and SWB of AYAs in schools within Northern Ghana, focusing on the conditional indirect effect of monetary resource (MR) and sense of coherence (SoC).MethodsWe utilised a cross-sectional descriptive design to survey 1096 senior high school students from two regions in Ghana’s Northern zone through a stratified sampling method. A questionnaire consisting of a number of calibrated standardized measures was used for the data collection. The data were processed using SPSS and PROCESS Macro and analysed using Hayes’ conditional process analysis.ResultsThe results revealed that students’ MR significantly moderated the relationships between SSS and SoC as well as SSS and SWB. A significant moderated mediation effect of MR and SoC on the relationship between SSS and SWB was found. Particularly, AYAs who reported higher levels of MRl, SSS and SoC reported a better SWB.ConclusionThe findings underscore the relevance of providing sufficient financial support for students in secondary schools in Ghana; thus, highlighting the sheer relevance of economic capital as a leading factor for better well-being. The findings also place much emphasis on building students’ personal coping mechanisms as a key variable in explaining how the students’ SSS and MR translate into having positive mental health outcomes.
KW - Health sciences
KW - Adolescent
KW - Young Adult
KW - Monetary resource
KW - Sense of coherence
KW - Social status
KW - Well-being
KW - Psychology
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U2 - 10.1186/s40359-023-01158-7
DO - 10.1186/s40359-023-01158-7
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 37072828
VL - 11
JO - BMC psychology
JF - BMC psychology
SN - 2050-7283
IS - 1
M1 - 122
ER -