Migrant adolescents' behavioral problems compared to host adolescents and adolescents in their region of origin: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since the 1990s, families from the ecologically hostile mountainous southern areas of Ningxia Province, China, have been migrating to the northern areas of the province. This study compared the prevalence of behavioral problems among migrant adolescents to those among host adolescents (adolescents from the northern areas) and adolescents in the region of origin (adolescents from the southern areas), to determine whether ecological migration is related to adolescent behavioral problems, and possible changes in such problems over time.

Methods

We used the Children and Adolescents Ecological Migration Survey on Mental Health, administered to 4805 students aged 12-16 years and their parents between 2012 and 2014 (W1), of whom 1753 students and their parents completed

SUBMITTER: Fang JQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7526236 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature