Frontiers in Psychology
Literary literacy and mental health in contemporary China: evidence from the China family panel studies
Background Mental health problems impose a substantial social and economic burden in China. Yet population-based mental-health research has paid limited attention to literary literacy as a cultural resource embedded in everyday life. This study examines literary literacy as a multidimensional construct associated with adult mental health. Methods We analysed 114,448 person-wave observations from six China Family Panel Studies waves (2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022). The reconstructed literary-literacy score …