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The Effects of Development-Oriented Aid on Student Development in Higher Education: The Mediating Effect of Psychological Capital

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  • Xiaohong Li

    (School of Public Policy and Management, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China)

  • Yuxi Mu

    (School of Public Policy and Management, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China)

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Recently, there has been a transition from guarantee-oriented financial aid to development-oriented aid for economically disadvantaged students. Development-oriented aid aims to enable economically disadvantaged students to acquire long-term and sustainable self-development capacity. However, to what extent and how development-oriented aid promotes student development remains unclear. Identification of the related mechanism can help both students and educators effectively apply development-oriented aid in higher education scenarios. The main objective of this study was to uncover the effect of size, pathways, and mediating factors of development-oriented aid on student development in higher education. Drawing from a sample of 1792 sponsored students at University G in China and applying the structural equation modeling method for quantitative analysis, the results indicate that development-oriented aid directly shows positive influences toward student development and indirectly impacts student development through psychological capital. These results also show that development-oriented aid directly impacts Han Chinese students’ development more than the development of ethnic minority students. The pathways through which development-oriented aid positively influences Han Chinese students and ethnic minority students vary.

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  • Xiaohong Li & Yuxi Mu, 2024. "The Effects of Development-Oriented Aid on Student Development in Higher Education: The Mediating Effect of Psychological Capital," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(13), pages 1-18, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:16:y:2024:i:13:p:5803-:d:1430958
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