ArticleInternational journal of public health2020
How parental migration affects early social-emotional development of left-behind children in rural China: a structural equation modeling analysis.
Article in International journal of public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers.
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- The Developmental Trajectory of Social Adjustment Among Left-Behind Children in China: The Predictive Role of Gender, Left-Behind Status and Parent-Child Cohesion.Developmental science · 2026Article
- Exploring the mental health issues of left-behind children based on propensity score matching: the parallel mediating role of psychological abuse and neglect.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- The role of socioemotional skills and phone dependency in predicting patterns of school engagement and burnout among primary school students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Depressive symptoms, parenting attitude, and violent discipline among caregivers of left-behind children in rural China: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The prevalence of barriers to rearing children aged 0-3 years following China's new three-child policy: a national cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Impact of parent-child separation on children's social-emotional development: a cross-sectional study of left-behind children in poor rural areas of China.BMC public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study assessed the early social-emotional development of left-behind children (LBC) in rural China and determined the mediating factors linking parental migration to LBC's developmental outcome.
methodsWe used cross-sectional data of 845 LBC under 3 years old from five counties in rural China in 2018. Social-emotional problems were assessed by the ages and stages questionnaires: social-emotional. Family structure, function, and child nurturing care practices were measured to explore their roles in potential pathways of parental migration affecting early social-emotional development.
results36.4% of LBC were identified with social-emotional problems; the rate was higher among LBC with migrant parents than those with migrant fathers (39.9% vs. 30.5%, adjusted OR: 1.40 [95% CI 1.01, 1.93]). Results of structural equation modeling reveal that caregivers' low education and depressive symptoms, poor migrant-caregiver communication, family poverty, and no assistant caregiving weakened home parenting environment, and then contributed to LBC's social-emotional problems.
conclusionsLBC in early childhood may be at a high risk of social-emotional problems, which are primarily caused by the transition of family structure and function and consequently weakened home environment.
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