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05-03-2019 | Empirical Research

Latent Profile Analysis of Left-behind Adolescents’ Psychosocial Adaptation in Rural China

Auteurs: Jingxin Zhao, Qianyu Li, Liwei Wang, Lingyu Lin, Wenxin Zhang

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 6/2019

Abstract

Parental absence, a consequence of parents’ rural-to-urban migration, exerts negative influences on their left-behind adolescents in rural China. Existing studies are limited by their focus on the isolated developmental outcomes of left-behind adolescents and by a dearth of work focused on naturally occurring patterns of their developmental outcomes. The present study used a person-centered approach to identify adolescents’ adaptation profiles based on internalizing indicators (i.e., depressive symptoms, loneliness, subjective happiness, life satisfaction), externalizing indicators (i.e., rule-breaking behavior, aggressive behavior, prosocial behavior) and academic achievement and to relate these profiles to left-behind status, characteristics of parent-adolescent separation and gender. The study included 2102 adolescents (M_age = 13.48 ± 1.10 years, 46.8% girls) in junior high schools in rural China. A latent profile analysis identified 3 profiles: an adequate adaptation profile, an internalizing problem profile and an externalizing problem profile. These profiles were linked to left-behind status, to characteristics of parent-adolescent separation (i.e., separation duration, interval of long-distance communication and face-to-face communication) and to gender. These findings provide significant implications for future research and the development of interventions.

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Titel: Latent Profile Analysis of Left-behind Adolescents’ Psychosocial Adaptation in Rural China
Auteurs: Jingxin Zhao
Qianyu Li
Liwei Wang
Lingyu Lin
Wenxin Zhang
Publicatiedatum: 05-03-2019
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 6/2019
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-00989-1

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