A survey in rural China of parent-absence through migrant working: The impact on their children's self-concept and loneliness

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Liu, Li Juan ^a   Sun, Xun ^b   Zhang, Chun Li ^a   Wang, Yue ^a   Guo, Qiang ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUSTODY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGAL GUARDIANS; LONELINESS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 77249112769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-32     Document Type: Article

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