Liu Chenying, Munakata Tsunetsugu, Onuoha Francis N
Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennoudai 1-1-1, Building D-511, Tsukuba, Japan.
Adolescence. 2005 Winter;40(160):831-45.
The mental health of the only-child continues to generate interest in research literature. The present study examines the issue in China, where the one-child phenomenon is highest due to deliberate government policy. Subjects are 299 and 333 students in two high-rank high schools in urban Harebin and rural Qing an Xian, respectively (mean age = 17.2 years). Both locations are in the Heilongjiang Sheng Province of China. Results showed that urban only-children experienced significantly lower love awareness from family, higher neurotic and social depression, trait anxiety, perceived stressors, and interpersonal dependency than did urban non-only children. No significant differences were found in the rural only- and non-only children. Low love awareness from parents and peers was associated with high negative mental health conditions in the children. Low love awareness also precipitated perceived stressors which resulted in negative mental health in the covariance structure analysis.
独生子女的心理健康问题一直是研究文献中的热门话题。本研究聚焦于中国，由于政府的计划生育政策，中国的独生子女现象最为突出。研究对象分别为哈尔滨市市区两所重点高中的299名学生和庆安县农村两所重点高中的333名学生（平均年龄 = 17.2岁）。两地均位于中国黑龙江省。结果显示，城市独生子女从家庭中感受到的关爱明显少于城市非独生子女，且神经质和社交抑郁、特质焦虑、感知应激源以及人际依赖程度更高。农村独生子女和非独生子女之间未发现显著差异。父母和同伴给予的关爱较少与孩子的负面心理健康状况相关。在协方差结构分析中，低关爱意识还引发了感知应激源，进而导致负面心理健康状况。
