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| Effects of parent-child bonding on social adjustment of left-behind children: a chain mediating role of loneliness and Internet addiction |
| ZHANG Lulu, WANG Weizhou, SHI Sujuan, HU Shuang |
| College of Health Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, Shandong Province, China |
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Abstract Objective To investigate the effect of parent-child bonding on social adjustment of left-behind children, and explore the mediating effect of loneliness and Internet addiction. Methods A total of 950 left-behind children from 4 primary schools in a certain area of Shandong Province were enrolled. Parent-child bonding scale, child loneliness scale, adolescent pathological Internet use scale, and adolescent social adjustment scale were used. Valid data of 883 children were recovered. Results There were significant differences in parent-child bonding and loneliness among left-behind children in different grades and parents’going out（P<0.05 or P<0.01）. There were significant differences in Internet addiction among left-behind children in different genders, grades, and parents’going out（P<0.01）. There was a significant difference in social adaptation among left-behind children in different grades（P<0.01）. Parent-child bonding of left-behind children was negatively correlated with loneliness and Internet addiction, but positively correlated with social adaptation. Loneliness of left-behind children was positively correlated with Internet addiction, but negatively correlated with social adaptation. Internet addiction was negatively correlated with social adaptation. Loneliness and Internet addiction played a significant mediating role in parent-child bonding and social adjustment. Loneliness and Internet addiction played a significant chain mediating role. Conclusion Parent-child bonding not only directly predicts the social adjustment of left-behind children, but also indirectly affects the social adjustment of left-behind children through the independent mediating effect of loneliness and Internet addiction, and the chain mediating effect of loneliness and Internet addiction.
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