Psychological Development and Education ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (1): 90-99.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2022.01.11

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The Relationship between Perceived Discrimination and Left-behind Adolescent's Loneliness: The Moderating Roles of Separation Age and Separation Duration

ZHANG Yihan1, ZHANG Ting2, ZHAO Jingxin1   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014;
    2. Department of Preschool Education, Shijiazhuang Vocational and Technical Education School, Shijiazhuang 050899
  • Published:2022-02-17

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Abstract: A total of 1177 left-behind adolescents were recruited from five middle schools in Shandong province, including 394 adolescents from two-parent-migrant families and 783 adolescents from father-migrant families. These adolescents completed self-report scales on investigating relationships between perceived discrimination and loneliness, examining the moderating roles of separation age and separation duration the relationships. Results indicated that:(1) The adolescents from the two-parent-migrant families showed a significantly higher level of perceived discrimination than the adolescents from the father-migrant families, and the level of boy's loneliness was higher than girls; (2) Perceived discrimination significantly positively predicted left-behind adolescents's loneliness, especially for adolescents from two-parent-migrant families; (3) Perceived discrimination significantly predicted loneliness of adolescents from two-parent-migrant families when those adolescents separated from their parents at a younger age; Perceived discrimination strongly predicted left-behind adolescents's loneliness, especially for adolescents with shorter separation duration; (4) Separation duration moderated the relationship between perceived discrimination and adolescents's loneliness in father-migrated families, and the moderating effect varied according to the separation age.

Key words: left-behind adolescents, perceived discrimination, separation age, separation duration, loneliness

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  • B844
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