Psychological Development and Education ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (3): 346-352.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2018.03.11

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Heterogeneity in Anxiety Felt by Left-behind Children in Rural Areas: Based on Latent Profile Analysis

HU Yiqiu1, LIU Shuangjin2, LI Zhihua3, ZHU Cuiying3, SUN Huanliang3, FAN Xinghua4   

  1. 1. School of Educational Science, Hunan Norman University, Changsha 40081;
    2. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    3. College of Education, Hunan Agricultural University;
    4 School of Educational Science, Hunan First Norman University
  • Online:2018-05-15 Published:2018-05-15

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Abstract: The Mental Health Diagnostic Scale (MHT) was adopted to test the mood of anxiety in 1292 left-behind children in Hunan Province and the method of latent profile analysis was employed to investigate whether or not heterogeneous population exist in left-behind children in terms of anxiety and to probe into factors associated with different groups. Results show that heterogeneity exists in anxiety felt by left-behind children, and that the anxiety can be categorized into three types, namely, serious anxiety, intermediate anxiety, and low anxiety. More anxiety is to be found in groups such as left-behind boys, left-behind children of Grade Five in elementary schools and of Grade Two in senior high schools, children left behind for longer time, and children left behind in earlier ages. The absence of either parent or both parents has the same impact on the anxiety felt by the left-behind children. Therefore, specific prevention and intervention measures should be adopted to alleviate the anxiety felt by left-behind children according to the child's gender, school grade, length of time of being left behind, and initial age of being left behind.

Key words: latent profile analysis, left-behind children in rural areas, anxiety

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