Effect of family socio-economic status on subjective well-being among Norwegian adolescents: Mediation and moderation effects by general self-efficacy from a gendered perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In order to better target public health interventions addressing socio-economic disparities in mental health among adolescents, a better understanding of this phenomenon is needed. This study aimed at investigating the mediating and moderating roles of adolescents´ general self-efficacy in the relationship between their family socio-economic status and their subjective well-being, and the dependence of these effects on gender.

Methods

The study was based on data from the 2021 cross-sectional Ungdata survey among 17,941 adolescents aged 14 to 19 in a Norwegian county. Four multivariable linear regression-based mediation/moderation analyses were conducted: a simple mediation model tested whether the effect of family socio-economic status on well-being was mediated b

SUBMITTER: Lorentzen CAN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12505702 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature