In rural China, left-behind children are likely to suffer chronic loneliness. Research has
identified a variety of factors that may be associated with loneliness among these children. A …

Background It is reported that about 28.3% of rural children estimated at 58 million were left
behind in China when their parents migrated to cities to find work. These children may …

Introduction Left‐behind children are a special group that needs urgent attention. Due to
enduring separation from their parents, loneliness is considered the most common and …

Although research examining loneliness and social anxiety has been conducted, few
studies have explored pathways from loneliness at home to social anxiety at school in …

Objective This study was designed to investigate the situation of social anxiety among left-
behind children in rural areas of Hunan Province, China, and to study the effect of social …

Background This study aimed to identify the developmental trajectories of loneliness in
Chinese children and examine the predictive roles of domain-specific environmental factors …

Migrant children in urban China experience higher levels of loneliness compared to their
local urban peers. Efforts to create a socially inclusive, migrant-friendly environment and …

Background Social support is frequently reported to be correlated with loneliness, self-
esteem, and resilience among left-behind children in mainland China. However, to date …

Objective The current study tested the association between family relationships and left‐
behind children's loneliness, as well as mediators of those associations. Background There …

Loneliness is understood as a subjective experience resulting from unmet social
relationship expectations. As most loneliness research has been conducted in higher …