Parental Nurturance in the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample

Aronoff, Joel

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“…found that great grandparent involvement was associated with better social skills and less emotional or behaviour problems of adolescent, especially in the lone-parent and step-families [29, 30]. Meanwhile, according to the attachment theory [30–32], that the construction of secure attachment relationship with alternate caregivers can be the foundational support for children’s development of mental health [33]. It was possible that they were well taken care of by alternate caregivers (mostly were grandparents) [29] when they were separating from one or two parents.…”

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Mental health and its influencing factors among left-behind children in South China: a cross-sectional study

Zhang

Guo

et al. 2019

BMC Public Health

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BackgroundWith rapid development of China’s economy, there were over 68.7 million left-behind children (LBC) in China whose mental health has become a problem of public concern. The present cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the status of mental health and its associated factors of LBC aged 3–16 years old in both rural and urban areas.MethodsA total of 4187 children (aged 3–16), including 1471 LBC and 2716 non-left-behind children (NLBC), were recruited from 50 communities (22 in urban areas and 28 in rural areas) in Guangdong, China in August, 2014. The mental health problems were assessed using the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ).ResultsNo statistically significant difference of SDQ subscales scores about difficulties were found between LBC and NLBC on the whole participants as well as in rural areas or in urban areas within the same age group after adjustments were made (all p > 0.05). However, compared with NLBC in the same areas, urban LBC tended to have higher prosocial behaviours scores, while rural LBC had the lowest prosocial behaviours scores not only in the whole age group but also in different age subgroups (p < 0.05). Besides, compared with urban LBC, rural LBC were not worse in SDQ subscales scores except for prosocial behaviour at 7–9 age group (p = 0.003). Furthermore, higher paternal educational level and longer duration of parental absence, were associated with less difficulties in both rural and urban LBC. Besides, shorter duration of talk per-time but higher communication frequency were associated with less difficulties in rural LBC.ConclusionsThe present study demonstrated that in general, no difference of mental health problems were found between LBC and NLBC. Besides, longer duration of parental absence, shorter duration of talk per time but more communication frequency, and higher paternal educational level tend to have better development of mental health. The findings reinforce the importance of the stability of caregivers and the effective parent-child communication for Chinese rural LBC.

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Mental health and its influencing factors among left-behind children in South China: a cross-sectional study

Zhang

Guo

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BMC Public Health

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“…Thus, considering the complex process of child development and the effects of these confounding factors, the present study tried to make them controlled as far as possible in analysis. Another explanation is that, according to the attachment theory, the child who has a stable relationship with a primary caregiver (anyone who provides the child most of the care and related social interaction) are more prone to secure attachment [26] which can support the development of their cognitive skills, emotional [27] and social competence [28]. Studies also found that a good relationship with grandparents can help children reduce the risk of depression [29].…”

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Mental health and its influencing factors among left-behind children in China: a cross-sectional study

Zhang

Guo

et al. 2019

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Background With rapid development of China’s economy, there were over 68.7 million left-behind children (LBC) in China whose mental health has become a problem of public concern. The present cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the status of mental health and its associated factors of LBC aged 3-16 years old in both rural and urban areas. Methods A total of 4187 children (aged 3-16), including 1471 LBC and 2716 non-left-behind children (NLBC), were recruited from 50 communities (22 in urban areas and 28 in rural areas) in Guangdong, China in August, 2014. The mental health problems were assessed using the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Results No statistically significant difference of SDQ subscales scores about difficulties were found between LBC and NLBC on the whole participants as well as in rural areas or in urban areas within the same age group after adjustments were made (all p>0.05). However, compared with NLBC in the same areas, urban LBC tended to have higher prosocial behaviours scores, while rural LBC had the lowest prosocial behaviours scores not only in the whole age group but also in different age subgroups (p<0.05). Besides, compared with urban LBC, rural LBC were not worse in SDQ subscales scores except for prosocial behaviour at 7-9 age group (p=0.003). Furthermore, longer duration of parental absence (β=-0.184 to -0.103) and lower communication frequency (β=0.085 to 0.121) were associated with less difficulties in both rural and urban LBC. Higher paternal educational level (β=-2.736 to -0.085) and longer duration of talk per-time (β=-0.183 to -0.113) were associated with less difficulties in rural LBC. Conclusions The present study demonstrated that in general, no difference of mental health problems were found between LBC and NLBC. The finding reinforce the importance of the stability of caregivers and the effective parent-child communication for Chinese rural LBC.

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“…Infants cannot exit unpredictable or insensitive care giving relationships. Instead they must manage themselves as best they can within such relationships (8) . Secure attachment is when children feel secure in the presence of their caregivers.…”

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Assessment of Mothers' Secure Attachment and Social Fear among Kindergartens Children in Babylon City

Alwan

2015

Kufa Jour. Nurs. Sci.

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Objective: The study aimed to assess secure attachment to mothers and the social fear, in kindergartens' children in Babylon city. Methodology: A descriptive-analytic study was conducted on kindergarten children in the Babylon city. The study was carried out through the period of March-April, 2011. Which consist of 100 child to assess the secure attachment and social fear to Mother of kindergarten children both gender (male and female). The questionnaire was consisted of three parts: the first part is concerned demographic characteristics of the mothers that included (age of mother, level of education, income). and characteristic of child: the consists of general information, such as order of child in the family, gender, type of class, the second one consists of 27 items concern with secure attachments and the third one consists of 21 items concerned with the social fear. The validity and reliability of the instrument was determined by using through the panel of experts, and internal consistency through the computation of Alpha Correlation Coefficient. The data have been collected through the utilization of the interview. Data were analyzed through the application of descriptive statistical (frequencies and percentages).and inferential analysis chi2 by applying the Statistical Package for Social Science version 21.0 (SPSS) Result: The finding of the study showed that (37%) the of the sample was mother, aged 50 years and more. The result show that children have attached security and fear social moderate and there is no statistically significant relationship with other variables. Conclusion: The study concluded that kindergarten children have moderate level of secure attachment and social fear significant Recommendation: Researcher recommended educating mothers in correct methods for dealing with children, especially kindergarten teachers.

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Parental Nurturance in the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample

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References 11 publications

Mental health and its influencing factors among left-behind children in South China: a cross-sectional study

Mental health and its influencing factors among left-behind children in South China: a cross-sectional study

Mental health and its influencing factors among left-behind children in China: a cross-sectional study

Assessment of Mothers' Secure Attachment and Social Fear among Kindergartens Children in Babylon City

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