Positive youth development in rural China: The role of parental migration

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 261-269

  Wen, Ming ^a   Su, Shaobing ^b   Li, Xiaoming ^c   Lin, Danhua ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Child adolescent outcomes; Development outcomes; Educational aspirations; Parent adolescent relationships; Rural farm families; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PARENTAL MIGRATION; PSYCHOMETRY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 84927553752     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.051     Document Type: Article

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