Question

can you please:

Fourmulate a hypothesis: about poverty and mental health in aged school children.

Answer 1

Ans) Specific Aim1. Operationalize childhood poverty in Hong Kong
Hypothesis 1.1. Family welfare status, home ownership, parental education level, parental
employment status and family configuration are indicators of the latent variable of
childhood poverty.
Specific Aim 2. Examine the psychological consequences of the youth living in poverty.
Hypothesis 2.1. The latent variable of childhood poverty has a negative effect on the
change in the psychological health of youths living in poverty.
Hypothesis 2.2. Having experienced financial difficulty has a negative effect on the
change in the psychological health of youths living in poverty.
Hypothesis 2.3. Parental perceived economic pressure has a negative effect on the change
in the psychological health of youths living in poverty.
Specific Aim 3. Explore how mentoring works to promote the psychological health of the
youth in poverty.
Hypothesis 3.1. Mentoring relationship has a direct positive effect on the change in the
psychological health of youths living in poverty.
Hypothesis 3.2. Different types of natural social relationships have direct positive effects
on the changes in the psychological health of youths living in poverty.
Hypothesis 3.3. Natural social relationships mediate the positive effect of mentoring on
the psychological health of youths living in poverty.