title: Depression among Migrant and Left-Behind Children in China in Relation to the Quality of Parent-Child and Teacher-Child Relationships.
abstract: The objective of this study was to examine rates of depression among migrant children (MC) and left-behind children (LBC) as compared to non-left-behind children (NLBC) and also to examine the relationship between depression among these children and the quality of their parent-child and teacher-child relationships. This study collected data from a large sample of 3,759 children aged from 8 to 17 years, including 824 who had been left behind by one parent (LBCO), 423 who had been left behind by both parents (LBCB), 568 MC and 1944 NLBC. Children's Depression Inventory-Short Form was used to measure child depression. Parent-Child Relationship Scale (PCRS) and Teacher-Child Relationship Scale (TCRS) were used to measure the quality of parent-child and teacher-child relationships, respectively. The results showed that the prevalence of depression was 10.5% among NLBC, 13.1% among LBCO, 16.1% among LBCB, and 20.1% among MC. Depression was related to parent-child relationship quality and teacher-child relationship quality. Negative parent-child relationship was more relevant to depression than negative teacher-child relationship among LBCB, while negative teacher-child relationship was the most correlated with depression among MC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: School of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xuezhu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaohua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Qianyun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ran
authors.affiliation: Beijing Haidian Institute for Educational Research, Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Community health service center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003710:Demography; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D015995:Prevalence; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014171:Transients and Migrants