Family Socioeconomic Status And Self-supporting Behaviors Among Children Aged 3-6 Years:A Moderated Mediation Model

Objective: In this study,based on the background of grandparents-parents co-parenting,a moderated mediation model was constructed to examine the link between family socioeconomic status and self-supporting behaviors among 3-6years.Methods: A total of 8050 families participated in this study.They anonymously filled out questionnaires regarding family socioeconomic status,grandparents-parents co-parenting relationships,grandparental lineages and self-supporting behaviors.Results: The results indicated that:(1)after controlling for age and gender,family socioeconomic status had a significantly positive prediction for the self-supporting behaviors;(2)compared with paternal grandparents,maternal grandparents were more beneficial to grandparents-parents co-parenting relationships mainly in the dimensions of co-parenting closeness,co-parenting support,co-parenting recognition and division of labor.The grandchildren’s self-supporting behaviors’ scores of paternal grandparents are significantly lower than maternal grandparents excepted that there is no significant difference in the dimension of academic independence;(3)grandparents-parents co-parenting relationships mediated the relationship between family socioeconomic status and the self-supporting behavior;(4)grandparental lineages moderated the first and second path of the mediation.In particular,maternal grandparents can accelerate the positive effect of family socioeconomic status on grandparent-parents co-parenting relationships,and grandparent-parents co-parenting relationships on self-supporting behavior of 3-6 years old children.Conclusion: The results revealed the mechanism between family socioeconomic status and self-supporting behaviors,expanded the co-parenting ecological model,and have certain practical significance for the cultivation of children’s self-supporting behaviors.