ArticleChild and adolescent psychiatry and mental health2019
Mental health and risk behaviors of children in rural China with different patterns of parental migration: a cross-sectional study.
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- 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
- Health Status and Association With Interpersonal Relationships Among Chinese Children From Urban Migrant to Rural Left-Behind.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and the associated factors among children and adolescents with a history of maltreatment in Uganda.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2022Article
- Impact of parental divorce versus separation due to migration on mental health and self-injury of Chinese children: a cross sectional survey.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundOne in seven members of China's population are migrants. There are an estimated 41 million children left behind in rural areas who are living without one or both of their parents. The impact of two- and single-parent migration on child mental health and risk behaviors is unclear. The aim of this study was to compare the mental health and risk behaviors among children whose parents are either both migrating (B-LBC), have one parent migrating (O-LBC) or those whose parents do not migrate (N-LBC).
methodsThis study was a cross-sectional survey using a self-administered questionnaire conducted in rural areas with high proportions of left behind children (LBC) in Anhui Province, southeast China. The tools used were the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaires, Youth Risk Behavior Survey and the Young's Internet Addiction Test for Chinese.
resultsFull data were available for 699 B-LBC, 552 O-LBC and 741 N-LBC. After adjusting for gender, age, grade, number of siblings and self-rated socio-economic status, B-LBC were significantly more likely to have higher emotional symptoms scores (B(SE) = 0.36(0.11), p < 0.01), higher hyperactivity scores (B(SE) = 0.22(0.11), p < 0.01) and higher total difficulties scores (B(SE) = 0.79(0.29), p < 0.01) than N-LBC. B-LBC were also more likely to be an addicted internet user (OR(95%CI) = 1.91(1.33, 2.76), p < 0.01) compared to N-LBC. However, there were no identified differences between O-LBC and N-LBC or between O-LBC and B-LBC in any measures.
conclusionsOur findings found that living with one parent or both parents was associated with better mental health and fewer risk behaviors than was being separated from both parents. Future research is needed to consider the implications of these findings for policies and programs to protect LBC, especially for those with two migrating parents.
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