A Comparison of the Resilience, Anxiety, and Life Satisfaction of Chinese Left-Behind Children and International Students

Zixin Li
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The present study compared the resilience level, anxiety level, and life satisfaction level of Chinese left-behind children (LBC) and international students (IS) between 11 and 15 years old and investigated the relationships between these three variables and physical activity (PA). Chinese LBC (n = 86) from Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, China and Chinese IS (n = 60) in Vancouver, Canada filled out a survey that measured their resilience level, anxiety level, life satisfaction level, the duration and frequency of PA of different types and intensities in various domains, PA Enjoyment, and participants’ attitudes toward PA. In addition, 10 participants were randomly chosen to participate in an interview after completing the survey. The survey results showed that IS possessed higher resilience level and life satisfaction level than LBC, and both groups had no significant difference in anxiety level; LBC engaged in more PA than IS. Besides, resilience level was positively related to the amount of light PA in household or yard work domain as well as PA enjoyment; anxiety level was negatively related to PA enjoyment as well as annual household income; life satisfaction was positively related to the total amount of PA across all domains as well as PA enjoyment. Participants also mentioned in the interviews the effectiveness of PA in distracting them from worries and other negative emotions, which in turn helped reduce their anxiety and improve their resilience and life satisfaction. Therefore, participating in more PA could be a promising way to improve resilience level and life satisfaction level or reduce anxiety level for the two groups.
中国留守儿童与留学生心理弹性、焦虑与生活满意度的比较
本研究比较了11 ~ 15岁中国留守儿童(LBC)和国际学生(IS)的心理弹性水平、焦虑水平和生活满意度,并探讨了这三个变量与体育活动(PA)的关系。来自中国贵州省贵阳市的中国LBC (n = 86)和加拿大温哥华的中国IS (n = 60)分别填写了一份调查问卷,测量了他们的弹性水平、焦虑水平、生活满意度、不同领域不同类型和强度的PA的持续时间和频率、PA的享受程度以及参与者对PA的态度。此外,在完成调查后,随机抽取10名参与者进行访谈。调查结果显示,IS组弹性水平和生活满意度高于LBC组,两组焦虑水平无显著差异;LBC参与的PA多于IS。此外,弹性水平与家庭或庭院工作领域的轻度PA量和PA享受呈正相关;焦虑水平与PA享受、家庭年收入呈负相关;生活满意度与所有领域的PA总量以及PA享受呈正相关。参与者还在访谈中提到,PA可以有效地分散他们的担忧和其他负面情绪,从而帮助他们减少焦虑,提高他们的适应能力和生活满意度。因此,参与更多的PA可能是提高两组心理弹性水平和生活满意度或降低焦虑水平的有效途径。
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