title: Psychological resilience moderates the impact of social support on loneliness of "left-behind" children.
abstract: This study examined the moderator effect of psychological resilience on the relationship between social support and loneliness of the "left-behind" children. A total of 200 left-behind girls and 214 left-behind boys completed the measures of psychological resilience, social support, and loneliness. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that psychological resilience moderated the association between social support and loneliness. When left-behind children reported a low level of psychological resilience, those with high social support reported lower scores in loneliness than those with low social support. However, the impact of social support on loneliness was much smaller in the high psychological resilience group, compared with that in low psychological resilience group.
authors.affiliation: Hunan University, China Collaborative Innovation Center of Resource-Conserving & Environment-Friendly Society and Ecological Civilization, China.
authors.forename: Hongshan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.affiliation: The Affiliated Party School of CPC Guangxi, China hujunmin20@126.com.
authors.forename: Junmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012944:Social Support; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: left-behind children; loneliness; moderating effect; organizational justice; psychological resilience; social support