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Resilience as moderator of the relationship between left-behind experience and mental health of Chinese adolescents

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  • Jingyu Shi
  • Zengtang Chen
  • Fang Yin
  • Juan Zhao
  • Xudong Zhao
  • Yuhong Yao

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Background: In China, since the rural labor, leaving their children in the hometown to other caregivers is a trend that has been increasing, and the impact of parental absence on the well-being of left-behind children is increasingly drawing attention in the Chinese society. However, there is a lack of study on the potential impacts of being left behind on later psychosocial outcomes in adolescence and associated protective factors. Aim: This study was conducted on a large sample of Chinese college students to test the moderating effect of resilience between left-behind experience and mental health problems. Methods: The Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale and Symptom Checklist as well as a self-reported questionnaire about left-behind experience designed by the authors were adopted for a survey with 2,968 Chinese college students as respondents. Results: Totally, 1,063 students (35.8%) had 1 year or more left-behind experience. Compared to those who had no left-behind experience, the students who had left-behind experience were rated lower on resilience score and higher on mental health problem score. Mental health problems had a negative correlation with resilience. Regression analysis showed that resilience moderated left-behind experience and mental health problems. Conclusion: Individuals with left-behind experience are more vulnerable to mental health problems. Promoting resilience may be helpful for prevention of mental health problems in college students with left-behind experience.

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  • Jingyu Shi & Zengtang Chen & Fang Yin & Juan Zhao & Xudong Zhao & Yuhong Yao, 2016. "Resilience as moderator of the relationship between left-behind experience and mental health of Chinese adolescents," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 62(4), pages 386-393, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:62:y:2016:i:4:p:386-393
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764016636910
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    1. Li, Chunkai & Zhang, Qiunv & Li, Na, 2018. "Does social capital benefit resilience for left-behind children? An evidence from Mainland China," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 93(C), pages 255-262.

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