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Journal of Beijing Normal University(Social Sciences) ›› 2020, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (6): 29-35.

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Relationships between Perceived Discrimination and Life Satisfaction    in Migrant Children:The role of belief in a just world and teacher support

JIA Xuji1,2,3, BAI Jiarui2, LIN Lin1,2,3, LIU Xia4   

  1. 1. Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education,Academy of Psychology and Behavior,Tianjin Normal University,Tianjin 300387;
    2. Faculty of Psychology,Tianjin Normal University,Tianjin 300387;
    3. Tianjin Social Science Laboratory of Students' Mental Development and Learning,Tianjin 300387;
    4. Institute of Developmental Psychology,BNU,Beijing 100875,China
  • Received:2019-11-27 Online:2020-11-25 Published:2020-12-14

Abstract: Under the background of the Healthy China Strategy,the mechanism to enhance the life satisfaction of migrant children from the perspective of positive psychology has gradually become one of the focuses of society and academics.To deeply explore the influencing factors of life satisfaction and its relationships and reveal "how" and "when" perceived discrimination predicts life satisfaction,897 migrant children in Beijing were selected as the research objects,and a mediation model was proposed to investigate the mediating effect of the belief in a just world in the relationship between perceived discrimination and life satisfaction,and whether this mediating process was moderated by teacher support.The results showed that:(1) Perceived discrimination had a significantly negative prediction on life satisfaction.(2) The belief in a just world played a mediating role between perceived discrimination and life satisfaction.(3) Teacher support moderated the mediated path through the belief in a just world.Compared with migrant children with low teacher support,the indirect effect was much stronger for those with high teacher support.The improvement of migrant children's life satisfaction can be achieved not only by reducing perceived discrimination and improving their level of belief in a just world,but also by enhancing their awareness and ability to use teacher's support.

Key words: migrant children, perceived discrimination, general belief in a just world, teacher support, life satisfaction

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