@article{10.11648/j.pbs.20221106.13,
  author = {Liang Zhoujian and Guo Wenjie and Yuan Yuan},
  title = {Depression Among Chinese Left-Behind Children: A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis, 2006-2018},
  journal = {Psychology and Behavioral Sciences},
  volume = {11},
  number = {6},
  pages = {193-200},
  doi = {10.11648/j.pbs.20221106.13},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.pbs.20221106.13},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.pbs.20221106.13},
  abstract = {With the steady increase of rural-to-urban migrant laborer over the past decades in China, a growing number of rural children and adolescents has been left at home, called children left-behind, by one or both parents who cannot afford to bring their families to the cities where they work. And the mental health of them has gradually received widespread attention especially in depression. The study uses the method of cross-temporal meta-analysis to analyze 26 studies that used the Child Depression Inventory (CDI), ranging from 2006 to 2018 and covering 17498 left-behind children, to explore the changes in depression levels of left-behind children in Chinese rural areas over the years. The results showed that there was a significant positive correlation between the total average scores of the CDI and the years (r. = 0.42). The total average scores of the CDI have increased by 0.68 standard deviations for the past 12 years (d. = 0.68). Besides, the socioeconomic indicators from 5 years ago and the present year, including the urbanization level, resident consumption level, and consumer price index of China, significantly positively correlated with the total average scores of the CDI (r. = 0.33 ~ 0.35). The results suggested that the depression level of the left-behind children has been increasing year by year in recent 12 years, and the standard deviation of the left-behind children's depression level has also been increasing year by year. Furthermore, these socioeconomic factors were likely to be important factors in predicting the depression level of left-behind children. The risk of mental health problems among this large number of left-behind children indicates the urgent need for families, schools and society to work together and provide sufficient care to improve their mental status and cultivate good qualities.},
 year = {2022}
}

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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Depression Among Chinese Left-Behind Children: A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis, 2006-2018
AU  - Liang Zhoujian
AU  - Guo Wenjie
AU  - Yuan Yuan
Y1  - 2022/11/29
PY  - 2022
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.pbs.20221106.13
DO  - 10.11648/j.pbs.20221106.13
T2  - Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
JF  - Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
JO  - Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
SP  - 193
EP  - 200
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2328-7845
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.pbs.20221106.13
AB  - With the steady increase of rural-to-urban migrant laborer over the past decades in China, a growing number of rural children and adolescents has been left at home, called children left-behind, by one or both parents who cannot afford to bring their families to the cities where they work. And the mental health of them has gradually received widespread attention especially in depression. The study uses the method of cross-temporal meta-analysis to analyze 26 studies that used the Child Depression Inventory (CDI), ranging from 2006 to 2018 and covering 17498 left-behind children, to explore the changes in depression levels of left-behind children in Chinese rural areas over the years. The results showed that there was a significant positive correlation between the total average scores of the CDI and the years (r. = 0.42). The total average scores of the CDI have increased by 0.68 standard deviations for the past 12 years (d. = 0.68). Besides, the socioeconomic indicators from 5 years ago and the present year, including the urbanization level, resident consumption level, and consumer price index of China, significantly positively correlated with the total average scores of the CDI (r. = 0.33 ~ 0.35). The results suggested that the depression level of the left-behind children has been increasing year by year in recent 12 years, and the standard deviation of the left-behind children's depression level has also been increasing year by year. Furthermore, these socioeconomic factors were likely to be important factors in predicting the depression level of left-behind children. The risk of mental health problems among this large number of left-behind children indicates the urgent need for families, schools and society to work together and provide sufficient care to improve their mental status and cultivate good qualities.
VL  - 11
IS  - 6
ER  - 

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