Strain, depression, and deviant behavior among left-behind and non-left-behind adolescents in China

IF 1 3区社会学 Q3 SOCIOLOGY

International Sociology Pub Date : 2023-04-14 DOI:10.1177/02685809231164036

Xiaohua Xu, I. Sun, Yuning Wu

引用次数: 2

Abstract

China’s massive rural to urban migration has created a vast number of left-behind children (LBC) whose parents moved to cities for work. Drawing upon data from LBC and non-left-behind children (NLBC) in three Chinese cities, this study tests the applicability of general strain theory in explaining deviant behavior among adolescents. The analysis results show that LBC status is directly related to lower involvement in deviant behavior, whereas it is also directly linked to academic difficulty and depression, leading to more deviant acts. Compared with NLBC, LBC have an overall lower risk of deviance. Male and middle school students and students experiencing parental abuse and family poverty are more inclined to express greater depression, subsequently promoting higher participation in deviance.

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中国留守和非留守青少年的紧张、抑郁和异常行为

中国大规模的农村向城市迁移造成了大量的留守儿童，他们的父母搬到城市工作。本研究利用中国三个城市的LBC和非留守儿童（NLBC）的数据，检验了一般紧张理论在解释青少年越轨行为方面的适用性。分析结果表明，LBC状态与越轨行为的参与程度较低直接相关，但也与学业困难和抑郁直接相关，导致更多的越轨行为。与NLBC相比，LBC的越轨风险总体较低。男性和中学生以及经历父母虐待和家庭贫困的学生更倾向于表达更大的抑郁情绪，从而促进更高程度的越轨行为。

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International Sociology SOCIOLOGY-

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