Heterogeneous Influences of Social Support on Physical and Mental Health: Evidence from China

Yang, Fan; Yao, Jianghong

doi:10.3390/ijerph17186838

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“…However, other policies have impacted village dwellers in different ways. Different age categories experience different levels and forms of impacts; moreover, individual adaptability is also related to different personal backgrounds and social support [ 31 ].…”

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Impacts of and survival adaptations to the COVID-19 pandemic among the hill tribe population of northern Thailand: A qualitative study

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Background COVID-19 has exerted a variety of impacts on people, particularly people with limited education living in poor economic settings. This study investigates the impacts of and adaptations to COVID-19 among the hill tribe people of northern Thailand. Methods A qualitative method was used to elicit information from key informants who lived in a hill tribe village in Mae Fah Laung district, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. Fourteen questions on two issues were used to gather information, and an NVivo program was used to extract the findings. Results A total of 57 hill tribe villagers participated, including 36 females and 21 males (mean age of 50.1 years, min = 20 and max = 90). Twenty-seven individuals were Thai Yai, 14 were Yunan Chinese, eight were Akha, and eight were members of other minor tribes. Regarding education and occupation, 30 individuals were illiterate, while 27 had attended different levels of primary school; 40 individuals were unemployed, 13 were employed as daily wage workers and farmers, and the other 4 were attending school. Three age categories were used to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: impact of access to the educational system among the young, loss of jobs and family financial problems among the working, and access to medical care for the elderly. Six adaptation stages in response to the COVID-19 crisis were observed among the hill tribe people: shock stage with no prior experience, looking for help from health and other agencies, considering the national lockdown policy, complying with prevention and control measures, reducing stressful situations and following the new normal approach, and addressing suffering points at home and elsewhere. Conclusions The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted different impacts on different age categories among the hill tribe population living in remote and border areas. Effective adaptations have been implemented to address the new normal life under the disease, and six adaptation stages have been identified that have helped them survive the greatest threat to humankind today.

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“…Marital status: With regard to marital status, marriage is found to be a vital way to alleviate individual health problems [ 46 ]. Married people often experience less health distress compared to a single person [ 16 ]. As such, this paper divides the marital status into “single”, “married”, “divorced”, and “widowed”, and we measured it as a dummy variable.…”

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“…Jobs provide a chance for workers to meet friends on the same wavelength, and thus affects personal health [ 15 ]. As an imperative form of social support, a like-minded friend possesses significant positive influences on individual health via effectively preventing individual harmful health behaviors, such as suicide and self-harming [ 16 ], and help overcome distressed emotions such as depression and loneliness [ 17 ]. Additionally, friends are crucial links of individual social life-networks and sources of social capital accumulation [ 18 , 19 ].…”

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“…However, if accurate results are to be obtained, empirical tests are needed. Health is a vital human capital, which is the basis and premise of other forms of human capital, such as education and professional skills [ 16 ]. It is significant for the survival and development of individuals and it is a right that workers should have.…”

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Impact of Work Value Awareness on Self-Rated Physical Health of Rural-to-Urban Migrant Workers in China

2021

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We used data based on the China Labor-Force Dynamics Survey 2016 to examine the relationship between the work value awareness and the physical health of rural-to-urban migrant workers. The work value awareness was characterized by five dimensions: awareness of the emotional value, social value, respect value, ability value and interest value. Physical health was measured by a self-rated health assessment. The results from an IV-ordered probit model show that the awareness of work value has a statistically significant impact on the self-rated physical health of rural-to-urban migrant workers. The results also show that the impacts of work value awareness on rural-to-urban migrant workers’ physical health are heterogeneous to genders and ages. Mental health plays a mediating role between the awareness of work value and the physical health of rural-to-urban migrant workers. It is beneficial for rural-to-urban migrant workers to improve awareness of the value of work to enhance their physical health. The findings of this paper have policy implications for improving the health and welfare of Chinese rural-to-urban migrant workers as well as temporary migrants to cities in many developing countries.

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“…To draw accurate conclusions, we controlled general factors that might have affected workers' health, including demographic characteristics such as gender, age, education, marital status, and religion [92][93][94][95][96][97][98]; socioeconomic status-income [99]; and lifestyle habits such as smoking, drinking, and exercise [100,101]. We also controlled the fixed effect of region according to the provinces where the respondents lived.…”

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Impact of Work Value Perception on Workers’ Physical and Mental Health: Evidence from China

Yang

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2021

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Research on the effect of work value perception on workers’ health, especially in emerging economies, is scarce. This study, therefore, explored how work value perception affects the physical and mental health of workers in China. We also examined the mediating role of life satisfaction in the relationship between work value perception and health. Taking a random sample of 16,890 individuals in China, we used ordered probit regression and instrumental variable ordered probit regression to test the links between work value perception and workers’ health based on existence, relatedness, and growth (ERG) theory. The results showed that work value perception significantly affected both the physical and mental health of workers; the results remained robust after solving the endogeneity problem. The subsample regression results showed that work value perception significantly affected the physical and mental health of female, male, married, unmarried, religious, and nonreligious workers. Furthermore, life satisfaction mediated the effect of work value perception on workers’ health. These results shed light on the relationship between work value perception and health and thus have implications for improving workers’ physical and mental health. This study can provide a reference for both governmental and corporate policymakers in emerging economies.

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Heterogeneous Influences of Social Support on Physical and Mental Health: Evidence from China

Cited by 30 publications

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Impacts of and survival adaptations to the COVID-19 pandemic among the hill tribe population of northern Thailand: A qualitative study

Impacts of and survival adaptations to the COVID-19 pandemic among the hill tribe population of northern Thailand: A qualitative study

Impact of Work Value Awareness on Self-Rated Physical Health of Rural-to-Urban Migrant Workers in China

Impact of Work Value Perception on Workers’ Physical and Mental Health: Evidence from China

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