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Xiaochen He1, Ruochen Zhang1, Bin Zhu2
1School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710049 Xi'an, Shaanxi China.
Parental migration negatively impacts children's resilience, especially when they are left behind or experience family instability. Family resources can help, with economic support crucial for children left by both parents and social support for those in unstable situations.
Area of Science:
- Child Psychology
- Sociology
- Migration Studies
Background:
- Parental migration is a significant factor influencing children's psychological resilience.
- Understanding the dynamic effects of parental migration on child development is crucial.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the impact of parental migration on children's resilience in rural western China.
- To identify typical family structure patterns associated with parental migration dynamics.
Main Methods:
- Sequence analysis was used to investigate children's migration trajectories from ages 1-12.
- Identified five distinct patterns of family structure related to parental migration.
Main Results:
- Children continuously left behind by parents or experiencing frequent status transitions showed significantly lower resilience.
- Parent-child separation and family instability negatively affect psychological functioning.
- Family resources buffer negative impacts, but asymmetrically: economic resources protect children left by both parents, social resources protect children in unstable families.
Conclusions:
- Parental migration, particularly prolonged separation and instability, poses risks to children's psychological resilience.
- Targeted family resource allocation is essential to mitigate negative effects based on specific migration-related family structures.
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