Psychological Development and Education ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (4): 400-406,423.

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Daily Hassles and Rural Left-behind Children’s Delinquent Behavior：The Role of Parental Cohesion

ZHAO Jing-xin1, LIU Xia2, LI Yue3   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014;
    2. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    3. Department of Psychology, School of Educational Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631
  • Online:2013-07-15 Published:2013-07-15

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Abstract: A total of 207 rural Left-behind children were recruited from a rural area in Henan province of China, including 90 children from two-parent-migrant families and 117 children from father migrant families. These children completed a self-report assessment on testing the exacerbation effects of daily hassles on children's delinquent behavior, and the protective effects of migrant parental cohesion and Left-behind caregiver-child cohesion on reducing their delinquent behavior. Results indicated that daily hassles were positive associated with children's delinquent behavior, and high quality of migrant parental cohesion or Left-behind caregiver-child cohesion predicted low level of children's delinquent behavior. Meanwhile, migrant parental cohesion could buffer the deleterious effects of daily hassles to Left-home-children's delinquent behavior. Additionally, the protective effect of Left-behind caregiver-child cohesion on delinquent behavior changed as a function of children's group. The protective-enhancing effect of Left-behind caregiver-child cohesion was found for children from two-parent-migrant families, while the protective-stabilizing effect existed among the children from father migrant families. These findings highlight the importance of high quality of parent-child cohesion for Left-behind children's positive development.

Key words: Left-behind-children, migrant caregiver, Left-behind-caregiver, parental cohesion, delinquent behavior

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  • B844.1

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