Center for Mental Health Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Department of Tourism and Art for Humanity, Chongqing Youth Vocational & Technical College, China.
Psychiatry Res. 2021 Jul;301:113955. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113955. Epub 2021 Apr 22.
This study sought to identify the developmental trajectories of depressive symptoms and delinquency in Chinese left-behind children (LBC) over a three-year period, a topic that is less often studied. Overall, 578 Chinese LBC (M= 10.63 years; boys = 53.1%) were tested three times on their depressive symptoms and delinquency from grades four through six. Unconditional latent growth modeling revealed no linear change in LBC's depressive symptoms, whereas there was a linear decrease over time in LBC's delinquency. Multiple-group models revealed that the pattern of change in LBC's delinquency differed across parental migration status and gender. Moreover, mother-only migration LBC showed higher initial depressive symptoms and initial delinquency levels than father-only migration LBC. The results provided a more accurate developmental picture by charting patterns of stability and change among Chinese LBC's depressive symptoms and delinquency in the context of parental migration.
本研究旨在探讨留守儿童（LBC）在三年内抑郁症状和犯罪行为的发展轨迹，这是一个较少被研究的话题。总体而言，我们对 578 名中国留守儿童（M=10.63 岁；男生=53.1%）进行了三次测试，从四年级到六年级，测试他们的抑郁症状和犯罪行为。无条件潜在增长模型显示，留守儿童的抑郁症状没有线性变化，而他们的犯罪行为随着时间的推移呈线性下降。多群组模型显示，留守儿童犯罪行为的变化模式因父母迁移状况和性别而异。此外，只有母亲迁移的留守儿童比只有父亲迁移的留守儿童初始抑郁症状和初始犯罪行为水平更高。这些结果通过描绘父母迁移背景下中国留守儿童抑郁症状和犯罪行为的稳定和变化模式，提供了更准确的发展图景。
