Relationship of belief in a just world with depression and anxiety in migrant children and left-behind children / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore different relationships of personal belief in a just world (PBJW) and general belief in a just world (GBJW) with different types of Chinese children's depression and anxiety.Methods:Totally 11097 school students (2471 migrant children/3186 left-behind children/5440 rural normal children) were recruited.The Personal Belief in a Just World(PBJW),General Belief in a Just World(GBJW),Children's Depression Inventory(CDI) and Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale(RCMAS) were used to assess personal belief in a just world,general belief in a just world,depression and anxiety.Results:The PBJW and GBJW scores were significantly higher in Migrant children than left-behind children (Ps ＜0.001) and rural normal children (Ps ＜0.001).There were no significant differences in PBJW and GBJW scores between left-behind children and rural normal children(Ps ＞0.05).The relationships of PBJW with migrant children's depression(simple slope =-0.98)and anxiety(simple slope =-1.39)were stronger than that in rural normal children(simple slope depression =-0.72;simple slope anxiety =-0.96).The relationship of GBJW with rural normal children's depression (simple slope =-0.47) was stronger than that in migrant children (simple slope =-0.11) and left-behind children(simple slope =-0.22).Conclusion:Both of the personal and ganeral belief in a just world have negative relationships with depression and anxiety,but the relationships are different in different children.