The present study is designed to explore the relationship between material deprivation and children’s life satisfaction, paying particular attention to the mediating mechanisms of bullying victimization by peers and siblings and the moderating mechanisms of indulgent culture. A sample of 15,447 children are drawn from the Wave Three of Children’s Worlds: International Survey of Children’s Well-being in 14 countries. The results demonstrate that material deprivation negatively influences children’s life satisfaction. Furthermore, material deprivation simultaneously enhances children’s bullying victimization by peers and siblings, thereby reducing their life satisfaction. Moreover, the effects of material deprivation on bullying victimization by peers, bullying victimization by siblings and life satisfaction are all moderated by indulgent culture, that is, all of these associations are stronger for children who grow up in indulgent culture. This study adds to the current knowledge and provides practical implications for how to promote children’s life satisfaction.

本研究旨在探讨物质剥夺与儿童生活满意度之间的关系，特别关注同伴和兄弟姐妹欺凌受害的中介机制以及纵容文化的调节机制。15,447 名儿童的样本来自“儿童世界第三波：14 个国家儿童福祉国际调查”。结果表明，物质匮乏会对儿童的生活满意度产生负面影响。此外，物质匮乏同时加剧了儿童受到同龄人和兄弟姐妹的欺凌行为，从而降低了他们的生活满意度。此外，物质匮乏对同龄人欺凌行为、兄弟姐妹欺凌行为以及生活满意度的影响均受到放纵文化的调节，也就是说，对于在放纵文化中长大的孩子来说，所有这些关联都更强烈。这项研究丰富了当前的知识，并为如何提高儿童的生活满意度提供了实际意义。