Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 2 · Licensed source edition
Parental rejection and internalizing/externalizing problems among left-behind children: the moderating role of interpersonal harmony in class
Originally published 2024-11-26 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1385250 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Respect
How can an adult maintain an accepting relationship when work separates the family?
The study considers perceived parental rejection alongside the social climate children experience in class.
Who was studied?
Three thousand four hundred and seventy-three children in rural southwest China whose parents migrated for work.
Age / stage: Ages 6–15
Read with three questions
- How did the measures distinguish classroom relationships from perceived parental rejection?
- Whose perspective is represented by the ratings, and whose perspective is missing?
- How can an adult maintain an accepting relationship when work separates the family?
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Reports from this sample may reflect who participated and how the questions were worded. Associations alone do not establish that a parenting response caused the outcome.
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Zixiao Liu; Zizheng Zhao; Huijing Chen (2024). Parental rejection and internalizing/externalizing problems among left-behind children: the moderating role of interpersonal harmony in class Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1385250
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