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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026

Volition or coercion?-the role of socio-psychological factors in the stratification pathways of Chinese university students.

Keyu Zhai, Qingbin Xu, Meihan Tao, Weiyu Zeng, Yixin Zhao

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Keyu ZhaiSchool of Education, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.
Qingbin XuBeijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Meihan TaoTongling University, Tongling, China.
Weiyu ZengSchool of Graduate Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Yixin ZhaoLingnan University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The existing literature on educational and social attainment has largely overlooked the role and interaction of social-psychological factors at the individual level. To address this gap, this study employs in-depth qualitative interviews (

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career attainmentChinese university studentseducational stratificationsocial-psychological pathwayssocial stratification

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PMID42723928
PMCPMC13558219

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