Background Globally, a growing number of children and adolescents are left behind when
parents migrate. We investigated the effect of parental migration on the health of left behind …

Labour migration is a challenge for the globalised world due to its long-term effects such as
the formation of transnational families. These families, where family members of migrant …

Background Tens of millions of rural “left-behind children (LBC)” in China grow up
experiencing prolonged separation from their migrant worker parents. This study aimed to …

Framed in a positive youth development framework, the current study examines the
association of classmate autonomy support with prosocial behavior in Chinese left-behind …

This study aims to examine the role of parental migration status and parent communication
in the psychological and related behavioral status of left-behind children and their …

Background Low-wage migrant workers are vulnerable to healthcare inequities. We sought
to identify potential barriers to healthcare and risk factors for mental health issues in non …

Adolescence–defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the second decade of life–
is a time when enormous physical, psychological and social changes occur. This is a time …

THE CURRENT SITUATION OF LEFT-BEHIND CHILDREN WORLDWIDE Parental labour
migration is common worldwide, leaving millions of left-behind children. 4 Parental labour …

Crouched in the socioecological framework, the present research compared the subjective
well-being of left-behind youth with their non-left-behind peers. Furthermore, this research …

A paucity of public service afforded to migrant workers often begets a wide range of social
problems. In China, hundreds of millions of migrant worker parents have to leave children …