Correlates of psychological wellbeing of children of migrant workers in Shanghai, China

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 815-824

  Wong, Fu Keung Daniel ^a   Chang, Ying Li ^b   He, Xue Song ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Children of migrant workers; China; Discrimination; Psychological wellbeing; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; PEER GROUP; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RISK FACTOR; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHINA; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349230050     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0003-y     Document Type: Article

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