Effects of parental migration on Chinese children's mental health: mediating roles of social support from different sources.
Despite the literature on children's mental health in the context of migration is expanding, little is known about the mechanism by which parental migration may affect children's mental health. This study investigated which sources of social support may mediate the effects of parental migration. Usi...
| Published in: | Child & Family Social Work Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 465 - 478 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Aug2022
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