Association between life satisfaction, problem behaviours and psychological distress in orphaned adolescents: Exploring gender and orphanhood type discrepancies

IF 1.6 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES Child & Family Social Work Pub Date : 2024-01-26 DOI:10.1111/cfs.13138

Shiying Li, Yiqi Zhang, Xinnan Wang, Rui Yuan

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Bereavement of one or both parents is known to cause many kinds of internalizing and externalizing problems in adolescents. However, less is known about factors that are protective of the mental health of orphaned adolescents and differences by their gender and orphanhood type. To fill these gaps, the current study used a sample from southwestern China to test the association between types of orphans, life satisfaction, adolescents' psychological distress and problem behaviours. The results showed that orphan girls were prone to have lower levels of problem behaviours but higher levels of psychological distress than orphan boys. Female paternal orphans tended to have the highest psychological distress, while male paternal orphans tended to have the lowest psychological distress. In addition, school satisfaction had a stronger association with problem behaviour, and self-satisfaction had a stronger association with psychological distress. Interventions and preventive measures aimed at reducing the psychological distress of orphans could benefit from the findings regarding the correlates of psychological distress and the most vulnerable group among orphans.

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孤儿青少年的生活满意度、问题行为和心理困扰之间的关联：探索性别和孤儿类型差异

众所周知，父母一方或双方的丧亲会导致青少年出现多种内化和外化问题。然而，人们对保护孤残青少年心理健康的因素以及不同性别和孤残类型青少年心理健康的差异却知之甚少。为了填补这些空白，本研究以中国西南地区为样本，检验了孤儿类型、生活满意度、青少年心理困扰和问题行为之间的关联。结果显示，与孤儿男孩相比，孤儿女孩的问题行为水平较低，但心理困扰水平较高。父系女孤儿的心理困扰程度最高，而父系男孤儿的心理困扰程度最低。此外，学校满意度与问题行为的关系更密切，而自我满意度与心理困扰的关系更密切。有关心理困扰的相关因素和孤儿中最易受伤害群体的研究结果可有助于采取干预和预防措施，减少孤儿的心理困扰。

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