Impact of the interaction between single-parent background and relative deprivation on eye movement during emotional attention among college students
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2026204
- VernacularTitle:单亲背景与相对剥夺感交互作用对大学生情绪注意的眼动影响
- Author:
XI Lin, MA Ning, ZHANG Hao
1
Author Information
1. College of Education, Baoshan University, Baoshan 678000, Yunnan Province, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Family;
Mental health;
Emotions;
Eye movements;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2026;47(7):954-957
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the effect of relative deprivation on emotional attention among college students from single parent families, so as to provide evidence for psychological crisis prevention and campus mental health services.
Methods:From January to June 2023, 478 college students from North China University of Science and Technology were selected by convenience sampling method. Participants with high and low levels of relative deprivation were screened by using the extreme grouping method, and 48 valid participants were finally included. A 2 (single parent/non single parent) ×2 (high/low relative deprivation) design was adopted. One way ANOVA was conducted on four eye tracking indicators, followed by stratified analyses according to family structure.
Results:Overall, participants showed attentional bias toward low valence faces, as indicated by first fixation direction ( t = 2.17) and first fixation duration proportion ( t =-4.28) (both P <0.05). Three factor repeated-measures ANOVA showed a significant interaction between family structure and picture type ( F =23.08, P <0.05). Stratified analysis showed that, in the single parent subgroup, the interaction between relative deprivation and picture type was significant ( F =13.28, P <0.01), whereas this interaction was not significant in the non single parent subgroup ( F =2.18, P >0.05). Further interaction analysis showed that relative deprivation had a partial interaction effect between singleparent background and emotional attentional bias ( β =0.14, Bootstrap 95% CI =0.11-0.47, P <0.05).
Conclusions:College students from single parent families may show enhanced attentional bias toward negative emotional cues through increased relative deprivation. Students with both single parent background and high relative deprivation are a high risk group.
