Effects of social support and positive psychology intervention on depression and subjective well-being among the left-behind children: a two-year longitudinal study.

To explore the effects of social support and positive psychological intervention on subjective well-being and depression of left-behind children. 70 left-behind children with depression tendency participated in this study and were divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received a two-year-long psychological intervention of social support in 269 social support activities about 8 themes and positive psychological quality cultivation group counseling with a total of 128h for 64 frequencies. We found that after a consecutive positive psychology intervention and group counseling, the level of subjective well-being of left-behind children significantly improved, and the level of depression decreased significantly. These results showed that both sufficient and diversified social support approaches and the cultivation of positive psychological qualities may significantly improve the subjective well-being of left-behind children and relieve or eliminate their depressive symptoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]