Trial reportPloS one2013
Parental migration, self-efficacy and cigarette smoking among rural adolescents in south China.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Urbanisation and mental health in left-behind children: systematic review and meta-analysis using resilience framework.Pediatric research · 2025Pooled it
- Parent Emigration, Physical Health and Related Risk and Preventive Factors of Children Left Behind: A Systematic Review of Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Health impacts of parental migration on left-behind children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Lancet (London, England) · 2018Pooled it
- The impact of parental migration on screen exposure among children aged 1-66 months in rural China.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Psychological Resilience among Left-Behind Children in a Rural Area of Eastern China.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Behavioral Strengths and Difficulties and Their Associations with Academic Performance in Math among Rural Youth in China.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Mother's and Father's Migrating in China: Differing Relations to Mental Health and Risk Behaviors Among Left-Behind Children.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- To assess and compare the mental health of current-left-behind children, previous-left-behind children with never-left-behind children.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Mental Health among Left-Behind Children in Rural China in Relation to Parent-Child Communication.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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- Mental health and risk behaviors of children in rural China with different patterns of parental migration: a cross-sectional study.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2019Article
- Dog bite and injury awareness and prevention in migrant and left-behind children in China.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Parental migration and smoking behavior of left-behind children: evidence from a survey in rural Anhui, China.International journal for equity in health · 2016Article
- Child Health and Migrant Parents in South-East Asia: Risk and Resilience among Primary School-Aged Children.Asian and Pacific migration journal : APMJ · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectivesMillions of children and adolescents in rural China are left behind as their parents move away for work. Little is known about the impact of parental migration on their smoking and self-efficacy. This study explores the associations among parental migration, self-efficacy and smoking.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among middle school students in Liangying Township, Guangdong, China. Socio-demographic and parental migration characteristics, as well as adolescent past 30-day smoking and self-efficacy level were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to estimate the risk of parental migration features for smoking and self-efficacy. Hierarchical regression was fitted to examine the relationship among parental migration, self-efficacy and smoking.
results2609 students (93.4%) participated into the study, 44% of who were with parents who had ever been or were currently migrating. Smoking prevalence was 9.7% in boys and 0.9% in girls. Paternal migration was protective for adolescent smoking, whilst maternal migration increased the risk. Both paternal and maternal migration had adverse effects on self-efficacy, a strong influencing factor for smoking. No significant relationship was found between other migration features and smoking and self-efficacy. The smoking risk of maternal migration was partly mediated by self-efficacy. There were no differences between boys and girls.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that adolescents whose mothers migrate from home to work elsewhere are at elevated risk for smoking. Improving self-efficacy may be an effective means to keep adolescents away from smoking, especially for those with maternal migration.
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