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Parenting Practices and Rural Chinese Children’s Self-control and Problem Behaviors: A Comparison of Left-behind and Non-left-behind Children

Auteurs: Rui-ping Zhang, Xiao Zhang, Nan Xiao, Ping Ren, Xi-ying Li

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 3/2023

Abstract

Using the cross-sectional data of 1,053 children aged 9 to 17 years from rural boarding schools in Henan, China, this study examined the differences in and relations among parenting practices and children’s self-control and internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors between children who were left behind by their migrant parents and those who were not. The results showed that left-behind children had lower levels of self-control and more internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors and reported higher levels of parental refusal and overprotection than non-left-behind children. The three dimensions of parenting practices (parental refusal, overprotection, and warmth) predicted children’s internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors via the mediating role of self-control, and these observed relations did not differ between left-behind children and non-left-behind children. Implications, limitations and future directions of this study were discussed.

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Titel: Parenting Practices and Rural Chinese Children’s Self-control and Problem Behaviors: A Comparison of Left-behind and Non-left-behind Children
Auteurs: Rui-ping Zhang
Xiao Zhang
Nan Xiao
Ping Ren
Xi-ying Li
Publicatiedatum: 01-09-2022
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 3/2023
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02422-x

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