Social Anxiety Status of Left-Behind Children in Rural Areas of Hunan Province and its Relationship with Loneliness
- PDF / 624,662 Bytes
- 9 Pages / 595.276 x 790.866 pts Page_size
- 2 Downloads / 158 Views
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Social Anxiety Status of Left-Behind Children in Rural Areas of Hunan Province and its Relationship with Loneliness Menglong Li1 · Yujia Ren1 · Hua Sun1 Received: 11 November 2019 / Revised: 2 May 2020 / Accepted: 9 August 2020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Objective This study was designed to investigate the situation of social anxiety among left-behind children in rural areas of Hunan Province, China, and to study the effect of social anxiety on loneliness. Methodology A total of 797 left-behind children were selected from rural areas in Hunan Province, China. The basic information questionnaire for left-behind children, Social Anxiety Scale for Children, Perceived Social Support Scale and UCLA Loneliness Scale were used for investigation. Results (1) The social anxiety score of left-behind children in China is 6.84 ± 4.28, higher than non-left-behind children, and the score of boys is lower than that of girls, with no significant difference. The score of left-behind children in grade 5 is significantly lower than that of left-behind children in other grades. (2) The overall loneliness score is 16.30 ± 5.10, higher than non-left-behind children, and the score of boys is significantly higher than that of girls. (3) Social anxiety has a significant positive predictive effect on loneliness (P 0.01). In terms of age, there is no significant difference in social anxiety of left-behind children of different ages (P > 0.01). In terms of grade, there are significant differences in social anxiety of left-behind children at different grades (P 0.01). The details are shown in Table 2.
Current Situation of Loneliness The loneliness score of the 797 left-behind children in rural areas surveyed is 16.30 ± 5.10. In terms of gender, the loneliness score of boys is higher than that of girls, and the difference is significant (P 0.01). In terms of grade, there is no significant difference in loneliness of left-behind children at different grades (P > 0.01). As for mode of commuting to school, there is no significant difference in the loneliness score between resident and nonresident left-behind children (P > 0.01). The details are shown in Table 3.
Correlation Between Social Anxiety and Loneliness Pearson correlation coefficient method was used to further explore the correlation between social anxiety and loneliness among rural students. As shown in Table 4, coefficients of the correlation between the total social anxiety score and the score in each dimension and the loneliness score are 0.401, 0.346, and 0.336, respectively, suggesting a significant positive correlation (P
Data Loading...
