SynthesisFrontiers in psychiatry2022
Correlations Between Social Support and Loneliness, Self-Esteem, and Resilience Among Left-Behind Children in Mainland China: A Meta-Analysis.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of social support on turnover intention in clinical nurses.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of a 16-week dance intervention on loneliness and self-esteem in left behind children: a randomised controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Self-Esteem, Lover-Centeredness, and Social Networking Site Use as Mediators Between Resilience and Cyberbullying Victimization.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Article
- Loneliness and ease of communication with parents and friends: cross-sectional study of adolescents in Denmark.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Perceived discrimination and subjective well-being of left-behind children: social support and psychological resilience as mediators.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The effect of empathy intervention and VR exergames on social anxiety in left-behind children.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Left-behind experience and mobile phone addiction among college students: A moderated mediation of social anxiety and sex.Heliyon · 2024Article
- The correlation between posttraumatic growth and social support in people with breast cancer: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Background: Social support is frequently reported to be correlated with loneliness, self-esteem, and resilience among left-behind children in mainland China. However, to date, there is no consensus on the extent to which those factors are correlated with social support among left-behind children. We thus performed a meta-analysis to quantitatively synthesize the previous findings. Methods: Two investigators systematically and independently searched PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, PsycINFO, Wan Fang, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and China Science Technology Journal Database (VIP) on January 9, 2022. Pooled Pearson's correlation coefficients between social support and loneliness, self-esteem, and resilience were calculated by Stata 16.0 software using random effects model. Results: Forty-seven studies involving a total of 30 212 left-behind children were identified. A large degree of negative correlation was found between social support and loneliness [summary r: -0.36 (95% CI: -0.42- -0.30), Conclusion: The current meta-analysis provided solid evidence that social support has a high degree of negative correlation with loneliness and a high degree of positive correlation with self-esteem and resilience among left-behind children in mainland China. This indicated that left-behind children with high levels of social support tend to have lower levels of loneliness and higher levels of self-esteem and resilience. More studies, especially large prospective studies, are warranted to verify our findings.
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