Child Psychiatry and Human Development
Volume 50, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 142-149

Economic Pressure and Loneliness in Migrant Children in China: The Mediating Roles of Parent–Child Communication and Parental Warmth (Article)

Ying L.* , Yan Q. , Shen X. , Jia X. , Lin C.
  • a Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 928 No. 2 Street, Xiasha District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, China
  • b Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 928 No. 2 Street, Xiasha District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, China
  • c Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 928 No. 2 Street, Xiasha District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, China
  • d Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
  • e Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Abstract

The purpose of the current study was to examine the mediating roles of parent–child communication and parental warmth in the relationship between economic pressure and loneliness in a sample of migrant children in China. A total of 437 participants were selected from two public schools for migrant children in Zhejiang Province, China. All participants were asked to complete four measures, including the Perceived Economic Strain Scale, the Parent–Child Communication Questionnaire, the Parental Warmth Scale, and the Children’s Loneliness Scale. The results showed that economic pressure was positively and directly related to loneliness. Furthermore, parent–child communication and parental warmth partially mediated the relationship between economic pressure and loneliness in migrant children. Thus, parent–child communication and parental warmth play important roles in reducing the negative effect of economic pressure on loneliness in migrant children. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Author Keywords

loneliness children of migrant workers Economic stress Parental warmth Parent–child communication

Index Keywords

Parents China heat human epidemiology Emotional Intelligence Surveys and Questionnaires migrant worker Humans human tissue psychology Adolescent male female Socioeconomic Factors stress socioeconomics questionnaire Parent-Child Relations Parenting Article major clinical study adult human experiment migration Loneliness Transients and Migrants child parent relation Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85049559378&doi=10.1007%2fs10578-018-0827-3&partnerID=40&md5=299ceb5b53a0e0e9fad4a91647d19585
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-018-0827-3
ISSN: 0009398X
Original Language: English