Left-behind children in rural China experience higher levels of anxiety and poorer living conditions

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 665-670

  Zhao, Xue ^a   Chen, Jian ^a   Chen, Ming Chun ^b   Lv, Xiao Ling ^a   Jiang, Yu Hong ^a   Sun, Ye Huan ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Anhui Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Family function; Left behind children; Quality of life; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; LEFT BEHIND CHILDREN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; SIBLING; SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE FOR CHILDREN; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84900392356     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12602     Document Type: Article

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