Chaohu Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 238000, China.
Anhui Psychiatric Center, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 238000, China.
BMC Psychiatry. 2021 Mar 17;21(1):158. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03160-y.
Negative coping strategies and behavioral problems are common among Chinese left-behind children, which are relate to a variety of negative consequences. At this stage of development, the relevant factors of coping strategies need to be further studied, in which social support and self-esteem are worthy of our attention. The aim of this study is to detect the current situation of self-esteem, social support, and coping styles of left-behind children (LBC) in rural China.
322 children from 3 schools in China enrolled in this study, including 236 LBC and 86 non-left-behind children (NLBC) to assess self-esteem, social support and coping strategies.
The LBC group had lower self-esteem score and lower total social support (subjective support, objective support and support-seeking behavior) than the NLBC group. In terms of coping strategies, the LBC group was lower than the NLBC group in problem-solving and rationalization. The self-esteem score in LBC was significant positive associated with the subjective support score, objective support score, problem-solving and help-seeking score. In addition, self-esteem has significant mediating effect between subjective support and problem-solving, subjective support and help-seeking, respectively.
The finding indicate that Chinese LBC's self-esteem and social support need to be improved. Given the significant correlativity between self-esteem, subjective support and coping strategy, it is necessary to promote Chinese LBC's self-esteem and social support, especially subjective support.
消极应对策略和行为问题在中国留守儿童中较为常见，这些问题与多种不良后果相关。在这个发展阶段，需要进一步研究应对策略的相关因素，其中社会支持和自尊值得关注。本研究旨在检测中国农村留守儿童（LBC）的自尊、社会支持和应对方式现状。
本研究共纳入 3 所学校的 322 名儿童，包括 236 名留守儿童和 86 名非留守儿童，评估自尊、社会支持和应对策略。
与非留守儿童相比，留守儿童的自尊得分和社会支持总分（主观支持、客观支持和寻求支持行为）较低。在应对策略方面，留守儿童在问题解决和合理化方面的得分均低于非留守儿童。留守儿童的自尊得分与主观支持得分、客观支持得分、问题解决得分和寻求帮助得分呈显著正相关。此外，自尊在主观支持与问题解决、主观支持与寻求帮助之间均具有显著的中介作用。
这些发现表明，中国留守儿童的自尊和社会支持需要提高。鉴于自尊、主观支持和应对策略之间存在显著相关性，有必要促进中国留守儿童的自尊和社会支持，尤其是主观支持。
