Depressive Mood Of Chinese Only Children In Senior Middle School From Different Families: An Open Pilot Study
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2012, Vol 1, Issue 6
Abstract
Some psychological problems of Chinese senior middle school students are linked with school academic factors, whether they are related to family factors remains unknown. In a senior middle school in Hangzhou, China, we have trialed the Plutchik – van Praag Depression Inventory (PVP) in 78 only-children students: 52 from intact, 15 from single-parent and 11 from reunited families. Most students perceived their biological parents as their first two caregivers, but their caregiver orders did not influence the depressive tendency in either group. Students from single-parent families were more depressed than those from other families, while students from reunited families reported their PVP scores similarly to those from the intact families did. Our study has demonstrated that senior middle school students from single-parent families, on average, reported higher level of depression, while those from reunited families had not, implying that entering a reunited family after divorce could be a complimentary strategy for students to normalize their depression scores. As an open pilot design (the first author is a senior middle school student), our study calls for a comprehensive design to illustrate the psychological world in this aspect.
Authors and Affiliations
Mufan WANG(Corresponding Author)| Grade 12, Hangzhou Private Dongfang Middle School Xixi Road 665-1,Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310023 China. Tel: 86-571-85228309 eMail: wangmufan@msn.com, Zhijuan HOU| Hangzhou Private Dongfang Middle School, Hangzhou, China, You XU| Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP10161
- DOI -
- Views 389
- Downloads 20
ASSESSMENT OF STANDARD OF LIVING INDICATORS IN MEASURING HOUSEHOLD POVERTY IN RWANDA: EVIDENCE OF RUTUNGA SECTOR
Rwanda has experienced high economic growth rates over the past decade, averaging 5.6 percent per year, while poverty rates have declined over 13.4 percent. However, conventional wisdom is that the benefits of poverty...
ANALYSE THE INWARD FDI POTENTIAL OF CEE REGION
Globalization is changing the economic area into a unified market as it removes economic, political and other obstacles. Therefore, companies must ensure competitiveness and strengthen developmental capabilities. One...
EVALUATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING EFFECTIVENESS OF RISK MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC HOUSING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN RWANDA. CASE OF BATSINDA HOUSING PROJECT
Rwanda has seen a significant rise in infrastructure developments in the recent past, especially in the fields of real estate development and many house construction projects have failed to achieve project success due...
CIVIL SOCIETY, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN BANGLADESH: AN ANALYSIS FROM GENDER PERSPECTIVES
In recent development discourse, there is a well-known assumption that more participation of women in politics is important for democracy. In this respect, CSO- the third branch of power has opened up relatively new s...
SATISFACTION, COMMITMENT AND LOYALTY IN ONLINE AND OFFLINE RETAIL IN PORTUGAL
The purpose of this paper is to understand if it is possible, in the retail area, to consider having only online stores, since ecommerce in Portugal has been changing over the past few years and the numbers registered...