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ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2021

Sustained effects of left-behind experience during childhood on mental health in Chinese university undergraduates.

Xiaojing Li, Jeremy W Coid, Wanjie Tang, Qiuyue Lv, Yamin Zhang, Hua Yu, Qiang Wang, Wei Deng, Liansheng Zhao, Xiaohong Ma and 6 more

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Xiaojing LiMental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South Street, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Jeremy W CoidMental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South Street, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Wanjie TangInstitute of Emergency Management and Post-Disaster Reconstruction, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Qiuyue LvMental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South Street, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Yamin ZhangMental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South Street, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Hua YuMental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South Street, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Qiang WangMental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South Street, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Wei DengMental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South Street, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Liansheng ZhaoMental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South Street, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Xiaohong MaMental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South Street, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Yajing MengMental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South Street, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Mingli LiMental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South Street, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Huiyao WangMental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South Street, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Ting ChenMental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South Street, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Wanjun GuoMental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South Street, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Tao LiMental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 Dianxin South Street, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China. litaohx@scu.edu.cn.

Funding

1.3.5 Project for disciplines of excellence, West China Hospital of Sichuan University ZY2016103, ZY2016203 and ZYGD20004National Key R & D Program, Ministry of Science and Technology, China 2016YFC0904300National Nature Science Foundation of China Key Project 81630030 and 81920108018Special Foundation for Brain Research from Science and Technology Program of Guangdong 2018B030334001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rapid industrialization and urbanization in China have resulted in labor migrants leaving children behind. For left-behind children (LBC), disrupted parental attachment may increase the risk of psychiatric morbidity in adulthood. To investigate psychopathological consequences for university students who were LBC and to estimate the effects of one or both parents being migrants, the duration of left-behind experience, and parental absence during critical periods of growth on psychiatric morbidity. We conducted an annual survey of all freshmen at a Chinese university from 2014 to 2018. The questionnaire collected information on left-behind experiences and psychiatric morbidity using standardized self-report instruments. Regression coefficients derived from logistic regression were used to measure the associations among total time left behind, absence of one parent or both parents, age when left behind and psychopathological consequences. A total of 42,505 students were included. Students who were LBC had more psychopathology, including depression, anxiety, somatoform disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, self-reported suicide attempts and deliberate self-harm, than those who were not. Students for whom one or both parents were migrants showed a greater risk of psychiatric morbidity. The risk of psychiatric morbidity increased with the length of parental absence. Left-behind experience during childhood represents sustained impacts for university students into early adulthood. The higher prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in young adults who experienced the absence of one or both of their parents, especially in their early childhood, suggests that other factors besides attachment, such as protection from other risks, are important and that further research is necessary.

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Mental HealthUniversitiesAdultChildChild, PreschoolChinaHumansParentsStudentsYoung AdultLeft-behind childrenMental healthParental absenceUniversity students

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