Gary Ka-Ki Chung, Xiaoting Liu, Karlijn Massar, Karen Schelleman-Offermans, Hans Bosma, Yat-Hang Chan, Siu-Ming Chan, Ji-Kang Chen, Hung Wong, Roger Yat-Nork Chung
BACKGROUND: Despite evidence on socioeconomic inequalities in psychosocial well-being of adolescents under the COVID-19 pandemic, the explanatory factors and their potential variations across contexts remained understudied. Hence, this cross-regional study compared the extent of inequalities and the mediating pathways across Hong Kong, Mainland China, and the Netherlands. METHODS: Between July 2021 and January 2022, 25 secondary schools from diverse socioeconomic background were purposively sampled from Hong Kong, Zhejiang (Mainland China), and Limburg (the Netherlands)...
April 4, 2024: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology