Effect of Social Support on the Psychological Adjustment of Chinese Left-Behind Rural Children: A Moderated Mediation Model

Fan, Zhiyu; Fan, Xinghua

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.604397

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“…Previous studies have reported correlations among social support, psychological resilience and health in Asian cultures 7,22,[62][63][64] (i.e. South Korea, Japan and Singapore), which implies the importance of social support in the non-Western cultures 65 . Moreover, the current finding implies that the number of social support providers plays an important role in mediating the relationship between mental state and resilience, implying the importance of social support in mental health 66,67 .…”

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Social support enhances the mediating effect of psychological resilience on the relationship between life satisfaction and depressive symptom severity

Chang

Yang

Hsieh

2023

Sci Rep

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Psychosocial factors, including life satisfaction, resilience, and social support, have been proposed to influence depressive symptom severity in adults because the age of onset of depressive disorders, i.e. adolescence to early adulthood, is associated with various impairments in psychosocial functioning. In this study, a psychosocial model was constructed to verify these relationships to prevent depression. For this study, 370 participants were recruited from the community via poster or online advertisements. They completed several questionnaires to assess depressive symptom severity: the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SwLS), Peace of Mind (PoM) scale, Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II). A negative association was found between depressive symptom severity and all other variables, including PoM and CD-RISC scores, life satisfaction, and social support. Such factors can be considered protective against increased depressive symptom severity. In addition, indirect effects of PoM and resilience on the negative association between SwLS scores and depressive symptom severity were observed. Moreover, social support was found to mediate the correlation between PoM and resilience, implying that social support mediates the relationship between state of mind and resilience. The psychosocial model suggested that depressive symptom severity is influenced by internal factors (an individual’s state of mind, subjective view of events and their life) and external factors (including social support).

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Social support enhances the mediating effect of psychological resilience on the relationship between life satisfaction and depressive symptom severity

Chang

Yang

Hsieh

2023

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“…Similarly, the findings were found in a study sample of Chinese children. For example, Fan and Fan found that higher levels of resilience could reduce the psychological adjustment difficulties (e.g., depression, loneliness, self-esteem) among Chinese left-behind children ( 42 ). They identified resilience as a quality necessary for the growth of children in adversity.…”

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Unsociability and social adjustment of Chinese preschool migrant children: The moderating role of resilience

Zhu

Zhang

Xu³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychiatry

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ObjectivesThe present study examined the moderating effect of children’s resilience on the relations between unsociability and social adjustment (i.e., prosocial behaviors, peer exclusion, interpersonal skills, internalizing problems) in Chinese preschool migrant children.MethodsParticipants were N = 148 children (82 boys, Mage = 62.32 months, SD = 6.76) attending two public kindergartens in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. Mothers provided ratings of children’s unsociability and resilience; teachers assessed children’s social adjustment outcomes, and children reported their receptive vocabulary.ResultsUnsociability was positively associated with peer exclusion and internalizing problems, and negatively associated with prosocial behaviors and interpersonal skills among Chinese preschool migrant children. Moreover, children’s resilience significantly moderated the relationship between unsociability and social adjustment. Specifically, among children with lower levels of resilience, unsociability was significantly and positively associated with peer exclusion and internalizing problems, while among children with higher levels of resilience, unsociability was not associated with social adjustment difficulties.ConclusionThe current findings inform us of the importance of improving children’s resilience to buffer the negative adjustment among Chinese migrant unsociable young children. The findings also highlight the importance of considering the meaning and implication of unsociability for preschool migrant children in Chinese culture.

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“…Previous studies have shown that a mother’s care can contribute to the development of a careful and sensitive personality in children, while a father’s care was crucial in fostering an independent and strong personality, which was associated with aggression development . Moreover, migrating fathers were also associated with providing less warmth and emotional support than migrating mothers . Third, an initial separation at adolescence from 1 or both parents was more strongly associated with total aggression and/or PA than separation at school age and/or preschool age.…”

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Labor Migration of Parents and Aggression Among Their Offspring in China

Ma,

Li,

Zhang

et al. 2024

JAMA Netw Open

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ImportanceIn China, parental labor migration often leaves children behind and is potentially adversely associated with children’s health. However, the association between parental migration and aggression among their offspring remains largely underexplored.ObjectiveTo investigate the associations of parental labor migration with total and subtypes of aggression among their offspring as well as potential sex differences therein.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis cross-sectional study was conducted from February to October 2015 among students aged 11 to 20 years from 45 public middle and high schools across 5 provinces of China. Data analysis was performed from December 1, 2022, to August 1, 2023.ExposuresParental migration, including migration status (yes or no), pattern (father, mother, or both), and the child’s age at the initial parent-child separation.Main Outcomes and MeasuresTotal and subtypes of aggression (including physical aggression [PA], verbal aggression [VA], indirect aggression [IA], anger, and hostility) were measured using the Chinese version of the Buss-Warren Aggression Questionnaire. Binomial logistic regression analyses were used separately to estimate adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% CIs of parental migration by total and subtypes of aggression.ResultsA total of 15 301 participants (7900 [51.6%] male and 7401 [48.4%] female) aged 11 to 20 years (mean [SD] age, 15.1 [1.8] years) were included. Of these participants, 5961 (39.0%) experienced parental migration; 2451 (16.0%) met the criteria for total aggression, 2407 (15.7%) for PA, 2283 (14.9%) for VA, 2899 (18.9%) for IA, 2307 (15.1%) for anger, and 2564 (16.8%) for hostility. Parental migration was associated with total aggression (aOR, 1.11; 95% CI, 1.01-1.22); no significant association between parental migration and subtypes of aggression was found except for PA (aOR, 1.14; 95% CI, 1.03-1.25). Compared with children whose parents did not migrate, the aORs for total aggression and PA for participants whose father migrated were 1.12 (95% CI, 1.01-1.28) and 1.15 (95% CI, 1.03-1.29), respectively; for participants with both parents having migrated, the aORs were 1.16 (95% CI, 1.02-1.31) and 1.12 (95% CI, 1.04-1.24), respectively. Compared with children whose parents did not migrate, children who experienced initial separation from 1 or both parents at adolescence had an aOR for total aggression of 1.20 (95% CI, 1.04-1.36), children who experienced initial separation from 1 or both parents at school age or adolescence had an aOR for PA of 1.15 (95% CI, 1.01-1.32) and 1.26 (95% CI, 1.04-1.51), respectively. No sex differences were found in these associations.Conclusions and RelevanceIn this cross-sectional study of Chinese children and adolescents, we found that parental migration, mainly of the father or both parents or an initial separation at adolescence or school age from 1 or both parents, was associated with higher odds of total aggression and PA among offspring. These associations were similar between male and female participants.

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Effect of Social Support on the Psychological Adjustment of Chinese Left-Behind Rural Children: A Moderated Mediation Model

Cited by 15 publications

References 44 publications

Social support enhances the mediating effect of psychological resilience on the relationship between life satisfaction and depressive symptom severity

Social support enhances the mediating effect of psychological resilience on the relationship between life satisfaction and depressive symptom severity

Unsociability and social adjustment of Chinese preschool migrant children: The moderating role of resilience

Labor Migration of Parents and Aggression Among Their Offspring in China

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