Kinship Support Differentially Predicts Problematic Smartphone Use in Left-behind Children Compared to Non-left-behind Children: A Longitudinal Study

Discrimination perception and problem behaviors of left-behind children in China: the mediating effect of grit and social support

“…However, the research on left-behind children tends to focus more on "problems". In other words, most scholars tend to believe that left behind children exhibit more problematic behaviors (Shan et al, 2023), such as suicide, depression, poor academic performance, and eventually grow into problem children when conducting research. It seems that left-behind children are vulnerable, once they are separated from their parents' companionship and education, they are not able to achieve positive growth.…”