Psychological adjustment among left-behind children in rural China: The role of parental migration and parent-child communication

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 162-170

  Su, S ^a   Li, X ^c   Lin, D ^a   Xu, X ^a   Zhu, M ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YULIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Happiness; Left behind children; Life and academic satisfaction; Loneliness; Parent child communication

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MIGRATION; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHINA; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873060981     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2012.01400.x     Document Type: Article

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