Children’s Behavioral Agency within Families in the Context of Migration: A Systematic Review

IF 4.7 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Adolescent Research Review Pub Date : 2021-10-06 DOI:10.1007/s40894-021-00175-0

Zihong Deng, Jianli Xing, Ilan Katz, Bingqin Li

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Abstract

Migration may lead to changing power dynamics between parents and children in families. Children may change their behavior in order to exercise agency to respond to migration of family members or themselves. This systematic review seeks to understand how children exercise agency within families in the context of migration. The authors searched ten databases to collect English-written articles published in academic journals in or after 2010. The studies were coded to generate a quality indicator. 65 Articles with moderate and strong quality were included in this review, including 41 qualitative studies, 16 quantitative studies, and 8 mixed-methods studies. Children and adolescents with demographically and culturally diverse backgrounds were analyzed in these studies. The systematic review shows that children have different levels of behavioral agency in the migration decision-making process; they also exercise agency in different aspects of family life. For example, left-behind children exercise agency in care provision and information nondisclosure, and migrant children in media and language brokering. Children’s behavioral agency is place-specific. Adults working with children need to pay more attention to children’s behavioral agency in order to support children’s healthy development and facilitate their adaptation in the context of migration.

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移民背景下儿童在家庭中的行为代理:一个系统的回顾

移民可能导致家庭中父母和子女之间的权力动态发生变化。儿童可能会改变他们的行为，以行使代理权来应对家庭成员或他们自己的迁移。这项系统的审查旨在了解儿童在移民背景下如何在家庭中行使代理权。作者搜索了10个数据库，收集了2010年或之后发表在学术期刊上的英文书面文章。对研究进行编码，以生成质量指标。本综述收录了65篇质量中等和较强的文章，包括41项定性研究、16项定量研究和8项混合方法研究。在这些研究中，对具有不同人口和文化背景的儿童和青少年进行了分析。系统综述表明，儿童在迁移决策过程中具有不同程度的行为能动性；他们还对家庭生活的不同方面行使代理权。例如，留守儿童在提供照顾和信息保密方面行使代理权，移民儿童在媒体和语言中介方面行使代理权时。儿童的行为代理是针对特定地点的。从事儿童工作的成年人需要更多地关注儿童的行为主体，以支持儿童的健康发展，促进他们在移民背景下的适应。

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Adolescent Research Review PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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期刊介绍： Adolescent Research Review publishes articles that review important contributions to the understanding of adolescence. The Review draws from the many subdisciplines of developmental science, psychological science, education, criminology, public health, medicine, social work, and other allied disciplines that address the subject of youth and adolescence. The editors are especially interested in articles that bridge gaps between disciplines or that focus on topics that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries. Reviews must be cutting edge and comprehensive in the way they advance science, practice or policy relating to adolescents.