Background: The current study evaluated the preliminary efficacy of a pilot trial of a resilience-based intervention programme designed to decrease depression symptoms and improve protective factors (e.g. personal assets, social resources, cultural adaptation self-efficacy, interpreting adversity, and self-esteem) among rural-to-urban migrant children in China. Methods: Participants were 285 fourth and fifth graders from two migrant children schools in Beijing. One school was cluster-randomly assigned as the intervention group (n = 127) and the other was assigned as the wait-list control group (n = 158). Data were collected at baseline and post-intervention with a follow-up rate of 96.8 per cent. Results: Multivariate analyses found significantly greater increases in social resources, cultural adaptation self-efficacy, and making positive sense of adversity in the intervention group than in the control group. In the intervention group, migrant children who had moved more often reported a higher increase in personal assets than those who had fewer mobility experience. Conclusion: The findings suggest that the resilience-based intervention can be efficacious in improving resilience among migrant children in China. © 2019 The International Association of Applied Psychology

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