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Income Inequality and Children’s Pressures
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Abstract
Children’s academic backgrounds can vary widely because of the different resources that come with income inequality. Thus, children can become increasingly stressed academically. Under pressure that is difficult to regulate, young people’s mental health can easily be af-fected. Therefore, we need to understand such a situation and take countermeasures. This article explores the relationship between income inequality, sources of competitive stress, anxiety, and suicidal behavior, and potential psychological treatments for these problems. Finally, this work concludes that income inequality is associated with significant social class differences that can increase children’s academic competitive stress and affect their mental health.
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income inequality, mental illness, SES, competitive pressure
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Luo,Y. (2023). Income Inequality and Children’s Pressures. Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences,42,57-60.
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