Physical health, school performance and delinquency: A comparative study of left-behind and non-left-behind children in rural China

Jin, Xingming; Chen, Wei; Sun, Ivan Y.; Liu, Lin

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104707

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“…The rates of anxious symptoms, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation and attempts were similar in both LBC and NLBC groups during the outbreak of COVID-19. Although this is consistent with recent findings that suggested that the damaging impact of left-behind was limited to the physical aspect of health and no significant difference in suicidality between LBC and NLBC was observed (26,27), our results deserve further discussion. Our findings indicate that not only LBC but also NLBC are vulnerable to suicidality during the COVID-19 epidemic.…”

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“…Parents of NLBC are usually content with the income they earned and choose to stay in rural areas. Migrant workers get better employment opportunities with higher income, and LBC could receive relatively more remittances from their migrant parents ( 26 , 43 ). Thus, both LBC and NLBC would perceive better financial status.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some previous literature has suggested that, compared with NLBC, LBC presented a higher prevalence of psychological problems due to impaired parent-child bonding, reduced parental support, and weakened parental guidance (6,24). However, some recent research also presented no significant difference in psychological status between LBC and NLBC (25)(26)(27).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Suicidality and Its Associated Factors Among Students in Rural China During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study of Left-Behind and Non-Left-Behind Children

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Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly spread worldwide. The harmful impact of COVID-19 is beyond just physical health concern. The unprecedented public health crisis has also taken its toll on the mental health of adolescents. The present study aims to estimate the prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempts and investigate the similarities and differences in the influential factors for suicidal ideation and attempts among left-behind children (LBC) and non-left-behind children (NLBC) in rural China during the COVID-19 pandemic.Method: A total of 761 rural Chinese students, of whom 468 were left behind, completed the cross-sectional questionnaires including demographic data, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire, seven-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, suicidal ideation, and suicidal attempts. Chi-square test, independent-sample t-test, and logistic regression were performed in the statistical analysis.Results: Overall, 36.4 and 10.4% of rural Chinese students reported suicidal ideation (37.8% for LBC vs. 34.1% for NLBC) and attempts (11.3% for LBC vs. 8.9% for NLBC) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among LBC, parental educational level (adjusted odds ratio, Adj. OR = 1.60), maladaptive strategies (Adj. OR = 1.04), anxious symptoms (Adj. OR = 2.61), and depressive symptoms (Adj. OR = 3.85) were significantly associated with suicidal ideation, while age (Adj. OR = 0.56), maladaptive strategies (Adj. OR = 1.08), symptoms of anxiety (Adj. OR = 3.85), and symptoms of depression (Adj. OR = 2.68) were significantly related to suicidal attempts during the COVID-19 outbreak. Among NLBC, gender (Adj. OR = 2.20), parental educational level (Adj. OR = 1.77), perceived family economic status (Adj. OR = 0.39), anxious symptoms (Adj. OR = 2.38), and depressive symptoms (Adj. OR = 2.77) were significantly associated with suicidal ideation, whereas only anxious symptom (Adj. OR = 5.85) was significantly related to suicidal attempts.Conclusion: Suicidal ideation and attempts are prevalent among students in rural China during the COVID-19 outbreak. Our findings also revealed the shared and unique factors for suicidal ideation and attempts among LBC and NLBC during the COVID-19 epidemic. With regard to the differences between LBC and NLBC, the use of maladaptive strategies and age might be vital factors for suicide prevention measures directed specifically toward LBC, whereas interventions sensitive to gender and perceived social economic status should be specifically designed for NLBC amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…In particular, changes in physical complaints could be explained through the level of parental support; in other words, physical complaints increased among children with low-to-medium parental support (Wickrama et al, 1997). Other studies have found similar results; for example, middle school students exhibited better physical well-being if they had parents who cared for them (Jin et al, 2020). In a representative longitudinal study with adults aged 25-74 years, Shaw et al (2004) found that those adults who reported a lack of parental support during their childhood were more likely to develop chronic health conditions and depressive symptoms in adulthood (Shaw et al, 2004).…”

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Support From Parents, Peers, and Teachers Is Differently Associated With Middle School Students’ Well-Being

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Parents, peers, and teachers provide a powerful context for school students’ well-being. However, a detailed and systematic analysis of how parental, peer, and teacher support relate to students’ well-being, measured by the dimensions self-worth, psychological and physical well-being, is still missing. To address this research gap, the following study investigates 733 adolescent German students from grades 7 and 8 (Mage = 13.97, SD = 0.41, 52% girls) with respect to their perceived supportive relationships at home and within the school context. The study considers gender, socioeconomic status, and school form as potential confounders. The results of the structural equation model, analyzed with the statistical software R, indicate that perceived teacher support was positively related to students’ self-worth and physical well-being, while peer support was related to psychological well-being. Students who perceived their parents as supportive reported higher well-being with respect to all three dimensions investigated.

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“…The broad risk factors include antisocial attitudes and associates, antisocial temperament, and a history of criminal and antisocial behavior. Moderate risk factors include family circumstances (Liu, Miller, Qiu, & Sun, 2020;Liu, Sun, & Lin, 2019), education/employment circumstances (Jin et al, 2020;, recreation, and substance abuse (Visher et al, 2019). The order from broad to moderate is based on meta-analytic results (Andrews & Bonta, 1998).…”

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Do Released Prisoners’ Perceptions of Neighborhood Condition Affect Reentry Outcomes?

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As the United States enters a decarceration era, the factors predicting reentry success have received a rapidly growing body of research attention. Numerous studies expand beyond individual-level attributes to assess the contextual effect of neighborhoods to which released prisoners return. However, past studies predominantly used neighborhood structural/economic characteristics as the proxies of neighborhood context, leaving the roles of community cohesion and disorder understudied in the context of reentry. Using longitudinal data, this study examines the influence of neighborhood cohesion and disorder on reentry outcomes, represented by released prisoners’ determination to desist and social isolation. The results of linear regression analyses show that net of the effects of individual-level risk factors, released prisoners’ perception of neighborhood disorder exhibit profound influence on reentry outcomes. Implications for reentry programming and interventions are presented.

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Physical health, school performance and delinquency: A comparative study of left-behind and non-left-behind children in rural China

Cited by 42 publications

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Suicidality and Its Associated Factors Among Students in Rural China During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study of Left-Behind and Non-Left-Behind Children

Suicidality and Its Associated Factors Among Students in Rural China During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study of Left-Behind and Non-Left-Behind Children

Support From Parents, Peers, and Teachers Is Differently Associated With Middle School Students’ Well-Being

Do Released Prisoners’ Perceptions of Neighborhood Condition Affect Reentry Outcomes?

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