@article{ref1,
title="A longitudinal study of depressive symptoms and delinquency among Chinese left-behind children",
journal="Psychiatry research",
year="2021",
author="Lei, Huijie and Zhang, Qinghua and Wang, Zhi and Shao, Jingjin",
volume="301",
number="",
pages="e113955-e113955",
abstract="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(age)= 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-1781",
doi="10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113955",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113955"
}