@article{ref1,
title="Mental health symptoms among rural adolescents with different parental migration experiences: a cross-sectional study in China",
journal="Psychiatry research",
year="2019",
author="Wang, Joyce and Zou, Jiaojiao and Luo, Jing and Liu, Hanmei and Yang, Qiping and Ouyang, Yufeng and Hu, Mi and Lin, Qian",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="In rural regions of China, the rural-to-urban migrant worker population and their left-behind children-60 million children who remain in home villages-have diversified the rural adolescence experience in terms of family life, compounding known mental health disparities. This study examined the impact of a comprehensive panel of home- and school-related variables on the prevalence of three common mental health complaints among rural adolescents. Data were collected using a self-formulated questionnaire administered to 1347 seventh grade students in a rural county of Hunan Province in Fall 2017. The prevalence of mental health symptoms was 10-18%. Bullying, loneliness, and stress from home and school environments were risk factors; good life satisfaction and willingness to reach out to adult and peer social networks were protective. Being a left-behind child was only significantly associated with depression symptoms, and notably, none of the other variables specific to left-behind children were found to be influential on mental health outcomes. These results suggest that the school-related factors included in our analysis accounted for a share of the risk typically explained by home-related factors alone. Schools may therefore be reliable settings for mental health programs in rural areas with ever more unpredictable home environments.<br><br>Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-1781",
doi="10.1016/j.psychres.2019.03.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.03.004"
}