Family and job microsystems as mediators between social integration and depression among rural-to-urban migrant workers in China: does having sons make a difference?

• Main Authors: Guanghui Shen (Author), Jiayi Tang (Author), Juan Fang (Author), Jiahui Huang (Author), Yawen Zheng (Author), Liujun Wu (Author), Xudong Yang (Author), Yu-Hsin Chen (Author), Li Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundRural-to-urban migrant workers are a vulnerable group at risk of developing depression. Based on the social-ecological systems theory, this study investigates the impact of the lack of social integration on depression, considering the mediating roles of migrant workers' microsystems (...