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- Title
Parental Migration Trajectories From Childhood Through Adolescence: Longitudinal Impact on Emotional and Behavioral Problems Among Chinese Adolescents.
- Authors
Li, Mengshi; Qiu, Yunfei; Xia, Yuwen; Li, Dantong; Ma, Gege; Ma, Shang; Zhang, Jingxu; Wang, Xiaoli
- Abstract
It is estimated that there are about 23% of all children in China experiencing parental migration and being left behind at hometown. Existing research indicated a significant association between parental migration and children development but overlooked the dynamic changes in family structure caused by parental migration. In this study, data was derived from a nationally representative longitudinal survey—the China Family Panel Studies. The main analyses employed four waves of data (2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018) and included 1401 adolescents aged 10–15 years (Mean:12.35, SD:1.67; 54.2% female). Six typical trajectories of parental migration capturing both migration status at each timepoint and changes in the status across six years were created. Children's depression and internalizing problems and externalizing problems were concerned outcomes. The mediating roles of the caregiver-child interaction and caregiver's depression were examined. Adolescents in the trajectory group described as experiencing transitions between being left behind by both parents and non had a higher risk of depression and internalizing and externalizing problems. Caregivers' depression was a significant mediator between parental migration and adolescent depression.
- Subjects
CHINA; BEHAVIOR disorders; RESEARCH funding; NOMADS; EAST Asians; PARENT-child relationships; EMOTIONS; PARENTING; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; TEENAGERS' conduct of life; LONGITUDINAL method; FAMILY structure; PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers; MENTAL depression
- Publication
Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 2024, Vol 53, Issue 6, p1383
- ISSN
0047-2891
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10964-024-01976-x