Emotional and behavioral problems of Chinese left-behind children: a preliminary study
Emotional and behavioral problems of Chinese left-behind children: a preliminary study
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DOI：
10.1007/s00127-009-0107-4
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发表时间：
2010-06-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Birmaher, Boris
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作者：
Fan, Fang;Su, Linyan;Birmaher, Boris
为了解湖南省留守儿童的行为和情绪问题及其相关因素，以1274名学龄儿童(48.7%为女童，12.4+/-A 2.2岁)为研究对象，完成了《力量与困难问卷》和《当前照顾者/生父母人口统计及教师与家庭关系的调查问卷》。共有留守儿童629人(49%)，其中486人目前由亲属照料，41人由非亲属照料。多达102人过去有被留守的历史，但在调查时目前与一名或多名亲生父母住在一起(公共图书馆)。共有645名儿童(51%)没有留守史，并被纳入为对照组。与对照组相比，LBC有更多的精神病态和更少的亲社会行为。这些差异，除了更多的多动症和更少的亲社会行为外，在根据儿童的年龄、教育和社会经济地位、父母/照顾者和教师的参与进行调整后消失了。LBC的精神病理与这些变量呈显著负相关。持续时间长和在更年轻的时候被留在后面与更多的精神病理有关。总体而言，NRC表现出更多的精神病理，其次是PLB，然后是RLC。然而，除了亲社会行为外，在根据人口统计变量和留守时间进行调整后，所有差异都消失了。LBC面临着出现情绪/行为问题的风险，特别是如果他们在生命早期被留守，时间较长，由受教育程度较低、社会经济地位较低的年轻照顾者或非亲属照顾，且教师支持较少。预防精神病理学的发展及其改善的战略，以及降低LBC发生率的政府政策是必要的。
To examine the behavioral and emotional problems and their correlates in left-behindchildren (LBC) in the Hunan Province of China.A sample of 1,274 schoolchildren (48.7% girls; 12.4 +/- A 2.2 years old) completed the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire and their current caregivers completed questionnaires about caregiver/bio-parent's demographics and teachers' involvement with the family.There were 629 (49%) children with a history of being left behind, of which 486 were currently cared for by a relative (RLC) and 41 by a non-relative (NRC). As much as 102 had a past history of being left behind, but were currently living with one or more biological parents at the time of the survey (PLB). A total of 645 (51%) children had no history of being left behind and were included as controls. LBC had significantly more psychopathology and less pro-social behaviors than the controls. These differences, with the exception of more hyperactivity and less pro-social behaviors, disappeared after adjusting for age, education and socioeconomic status of the children, parents/caregivers, and the involvement of the teachers. The psychopathology of LBC was significantly inversely correlated with these variables. Long duration and being left behind at a younger age were significantly associated with more psychopathology. Overall, NRC showed more psychopathology, followed by PLB and then RLC. However, with the exception of pro-social behaviors, after adjusting for demographic variables and duration of being left behind, all differences disappeared.LBC are at risk to develop emotional/behavior problems, particularly if they are left behind early in life, for longer periods, in the care of young caregivers or nonrelatives with poor education and low socioeconomic status, and with less teacher support. Strategies to prevent the development of psychopathology and its amelioration, and governmental policies to decrease the rates of LBC are warranted.