A Prospective Study on Resilience Among Children with Different Migrant and Left-behind Trajectories

He, Xiaochen1; Zhang, Ruochen1; Zhu, Bin2

2022-06-01

10.1007/s12187-022-09945-1

Child Indicators Research   影响因子和分区

1874-897X

1874-8988

Parental migration has been an important predictor of children's psychological resilience. The present study discusses the effect of parental migration on children's resilience in rural western China from a dynamic viewpoint. Using sequence analysis, this study investigates children's entire migration trajectory over the course of childhood (ages 1-12) and identifies the typical patterns of the dynamic family structure associated with parental migration: continuously nonmigrant (N = 4,238), continuously migrant (N = 923), continuously left behind by one parent (N = 872), continuously left behind by both parents (N = 796) and frequent transition between migrant or left-behind statuses (N = 1,624). The results show that the trajectories of left-behind status and transition have a significant negative impact on children's resilience, which demonstrates that both the effects of parent-child separation and family instability compromise children's psychological functioning. Family resources can buffer these negative effects, but they work asymmetrically across different groups of children. Family economic resources serve as a significant protective factor among children continuously left behind by both parents, while family social resources are more protective for children in unstable families.

Parental Migration Resilience Instability Left-behind children

SSCI

英语

其他

National Natural Science Foundation of China[72104194] ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[SK2021003] ; Shenzhen Philosophy and Social Science Program[SZ2021C017]

Social Sciences - Other Topics

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

WOS:000809289900001

SPRINGER

Web of Science

1.Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Publ Policy & Adm, Xian 710049, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
2.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Publ Hlth & Emergency Management, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, Peoples R China

He, Xiaochen,Zhang, Ruochen,Zhu, Bin. A Prospective Study on Resilience Among Children with Different Migrant and Left-behind Trajectories[J]. Child Indicators Research,2022.

He, Xiaochen,Zhang, Ruochen,&Zhu, Bin.(2022).A Prospective Study on Resilience Among Children with Different Migrant and Left-behind Trajectories.Child Indicators Research.

He, Xiaochen,et al."A Prospective Study on Resilience Among Children with Different Migrant and Left-behind Trajectories".Child Indicators Research (2022).