Emotional and behavioral problems of Chinese left-behind children: A preliminary study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 655-664

  Fan, Fang ^a,b,c   Su, Linyan ^b   Gill, Mary Kay ^c   Birmaher, Boris ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Left behind children; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD REARING; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954564337     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0107-4     Document Type: Article

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