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The mental health of children of migrant workers in Beijing: The protective role of public school attendance.
- Source :
- Scandinavian Journal of Psychology; Aug2015, Vol. 56 Issue 4, p384-390, 7p, 2 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- The present study aims to understand the mental health status of an understudied group of migrant children - children of migrant workers in China. A total of 1,466 children from Beijing participated in the study that compared migrant children (n = 1,019) to their local peers (n = 447) in public and private school settings. Results showed that overall, migrant children reported more internalizing and externalizing mental health problems and lower life satisfaction than local peers. However, public school attendance served as a protective factor for migrant children's mental health. The mental health status of migrant children attending public schools, including externalizing problems as well as friend and school satisfaction, was not different from local children. In addition, our data indicates that the protective effect of public school attendance for migrant children may be even more salient among girls than boys, and for younger children than older children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MENTAL health
AGRICULTURAL laborers
ANALYSIS of covariance
ANALYSIS of variance
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CHI-squared test
CHILD Behavior Checklist
CHILD psychology
ELEMENTARY schools
FISHER exact test
LIFE
MULTIVARIATE analysis
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
SATISFACTION
SELF-evaluation
SEX distribution
STATISTICS
SURVEYS
DATA analysis
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00365564
- Volume :
- 56
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 108350654
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12232