Developmental Trajectory of Depressive Symptoms among Left-behind Children in Rural China: The Roles of Family Adversity and Personal Growth Initiative.

IF 3.7 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Youth and Adolescence Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI:10.1007/s10964-024-02077-5

Xiaotong Li, Xinghua Fan, Lifei Yan, Jianing Jin, Si Yu, Huixi Deng

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Abstract

The adversity faced by left-behind children due to parental migration affects their depressive symptoms, but little is known about the mechanism underlying this association and protective factors from a dynamic perspective. The present study examined the association between family adversity and the developmental trajectory of depressive symptoms, and the potential mediating and moderating role of personal growth initiative in this association among left-behind children. A total of 363 left-behind children (48.8% female; M_age = 12.97 at T1, SD_age = 0.55) from five rural middle schools in the Hunan Province of China participated in this three-wave study, employing one-year intervals between assessments. The results indicated the initial level of personal growth initiative mediated the association between family adversity at T1 and the development of depressive symptoms, while the growth rate of personal growth initiative both mediated and moderated this association, with consistent effects across sexes. These findings underscore the critical role of personal growth initiative in the association between family adversity and depressive symptoms among left-behind children.

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中国农村留守儿童抑郁症状的发展轨迹：中国农村留守儿童抑郁症状的发展轨迹：家庭逆境和个人成长倡议的作用》。

留守儿童因父母迁徙而面临的逆境会影响他们的抑郁症状，但人们对这种关联的内在机制以及动态视角下的保护因素知之甚少。本研究探讨了家庭逆境与留守儿童抑郁症状发展轨迹之间的关联，以及个人成长主动性在这一关联中的潜在中介和调节作用。来自湖南省五所农村中学的363名留守儿童（48.8%为女性；T1时平均年龄为12.97岁，平均年龄最小值为0.55岁）参加了这项为期三波的研究。研究结果表明，在T1阶段，个人成长主动性的初始水平对家庭逆境与抑郁症状发展之间的关联起着中介作用，而个人成长主动性的增长率则对这种关联起着中介和调节作用，并且对不同性别的影响是一致的。这些发现强调了个人成长主动性在留守儿童的家庭逆境与抑郁症状之间的关联中的关键作用。

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Journal of Youth and Adolescence PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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8.20

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6.10%

发文量

155

期刊介绍： Journal of Youth and Adolescence provides a single, high-level medium of communication for psychologists, psychiatrists, biologists, criminologists, educators, and researchers in many other allied disciplines who address the subject of youth and adolescence. The journal publishes quantitative analyses, theoretical papers, and comprehensive review articles. The journal especially welcomes empirically rigorous papers that take policy implications seriously. Research need not have been designed to address policy needs, but manuscripts must address implications for the manner society formally (e.g., through laws, policies or regulations) or informally (e.g., through parents, peers, and social institutions) responds to the period of youth and adolescence.