Citation

Wu YL, Zhao X, Ding XX, Yang HY, Qian ZZ, Feng F, Lu SS, Hu CY, Gong FF, Sun YH. J. Health Psychol. 2015; 22(5): 627-636.

Affiliation

Anhui Medical University, China yhsun_ahmu_edu@yeah.net.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1359105315610811

PMID

26490625

Abstract

This prospective study examined the longitudinal effects of psychological resilience on depression in a Chinese sample of left-behind children. A total of 386 left-behind children completed both a baseline and a 1-year follow-up survey. The prevalence of depression at the baseline and 1-year follow-up was 12.7 and 8.5 per cent, respectively. Multivariate analysis revealed that older age and baseline depressive symptoms were positively associated with follow-up depression, while psychological resilience and quality of life were negatively related to follow-up depression. Our findings provided preliminary evidence that higher psychological resilience was a significantly protective factor of developing depression among left-behind children.

Language: en