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Objective To study the living quality and mental health status in losing-single-child family couples .Methods A total of 841 losing-single-child family couples and 674 family couples with children alive conforming to the entering group condition were random sampled from the three districts of Chongqing main city .The on-site survey was performed by using the general condi-tion questionnaire ,90 Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) ,Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS ) ,Self- rating Depression Scale (SDS ) ,Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) ,Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness (MUNSH) and WHO Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF) Chinese version .Results There were no differences in gender ,age and culture between the losing-single-child family couples group and family couples with children alive group (P>0 .05);the SCL-90 total score and each factor score , SAS and SDS score in the losing-single-child family couples group were significantly higher than those in family couples with chil-dren alive group(P<0 .05) ,the SSRS score ,MUNSH score and WHOQOL-BREF Chinese version evaluation score were signifi-cantly lower than those in the family couples with children alive group(P<0 .05);the multivariate regression analysis showed that the four regression equations in the social relation field ,environment field ,depression factors and total happiness had statistical sig-nificance (P<0 .05) .Conclusion The living quality ,mental health status and subjective well-being in the losing-single-child family couples are significantly affected ,timely psychological crisis intervention and persistent psychological support and mental health ed-ucation should be give them to improve their psychological health status ,increase the living quality and subjective well-being .
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Objective:To study characteristics of the middle school students' associating with their parents, teachers and classmates Method:1850 middle school students in Xianning city were surveyed with a self-designed questionnaire Result:The rate of behavior problems of students associating with their parents, teachers and classmates were 12 3%, 1 9% and 3 8% respectively Boys had more behavior problems in all associations than girls Students from single child family had no more behavior problems than those from multiple children family had, while students from city or town had more than students from villages of rural areas had The adopted children had more problems with their adopting parents or teacher than the others did with their parents or teachers Conclusion:The results suggest that boys be earlier than girls in socialization There is urban-country difference in association behavior of middle school students
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Objective: To study morality and personality of children in single and non-single child family Method:204 children aged 4-14 in single child families were collected 204 children with siblings were sampled matched by age, sex, and education levels of parents and caregivers They composed the matched sample Other 2300 children were also collected in this study including 1626 in single child family and 674 with siblings (random sample) The research instruments included Inventory on Children's Morality, EPQ for children, and Scale of Children's Temperament Parents of children completed these inventory and scales; teachers of children completed the Inventory on Children's Morality Results:In the above two samples, in assessment of morality, parents of single child in family gave lower scores on their children's virtue than parents of multiple children gave on their children But no morality difference was found between single and non-single children when assessed by their teachers In the random sample, more school aged children in single child family had extroversive personality than their counterparts in multiple children family In the matched sample, no difference on introversive-extroversive between single and non-single children was found In both samples, there were more mood-stable and less unstable children in the group of children with siblings; types of Bile-plethora and Bile-melancholic were more frequent in children of single child family Conclusion:Children of single child family are unstable in mood, their morality problems are more obvious in family than in school
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Objective: To explore the relationship between parental rearing styles and medical students' personality characteristics. Methods: 260 medical students were assessed by the Egna Minnen Barndoms Uppfostran (EMBU)Scale and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ).Results:(1) The single children obtained higher scores than non-single children on father's over-interference and parents' favorite factor of EMBU ( P
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Objective: To study the effect of early intervention on psychosocial development of children in single child family. Method:30 babies were enrolled as intervention group from they were fetus. Another 37 were enrolled as control group. The former received intervention under the Guide of Different Stages from 0 to 6 years old. Achenbach Children Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Binet Intelligent Test were used to assess the results.Results:The rate of behavior group was 6.7%, significantly lower than that of the control group (13.5%) and Chinese norm (14.2%). The average IQ of the intervention group was significantly higher than control. But there was no significant difference in Social Adaptability between the two groups. Conclusion:Early education and intervention can improve psychosocial development children in single child family.