Study On The Current Situation And Influencing Factors Of Children’s Mental Health In Single Parent Families

Children are the hope of the family and the future of the country.With the separation of society and family,the number of divorces increases year by year,and the number of children in single-parent families also increases with the increase of marriage.The mental health of children from single-parent families also plays a crucial role in their future development.The incomplete family structure will bring shadows and psychological burdens to children’s childhood.From their own,family,school and social level will have an impact on the psychological of children from single-parent families.As far as the current situation is concerned,the group of children from single-parent families is the focus of the state,which is the bottom line of social equity and educational equity,and has also attracted people’s great attention.Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the structure and changes in the mental health of children in single-parent families,to analyze them,and provide more theoretical guidance and practical basis for effectively improving the mental health level of children from single-parent families.Methods: The study used adolescent mental health issues,including the Resilience Scale（CD-RISC）,the Five-Child Problem,parents’ education way questionnaire（S-EMBU）,parental control questionnaire,psychological control,the relationship between teachers and students questionnaire,class atmosphere,social expectations questionnaire（SDR）and social support questionnaire In this paper,126 children from single parent families were investigated by 8 influencing factors questionnaire,use comparative methods to test hypotheses and change directions.Finally,a model of mental health and its effects on living in single-parent families.The final results showed that:（1）Among the mental health of children from single-parent families and its influencing factors,（1）there were significant positive correlations among children’s personality,mental resilience,teacher-student relationship,class atmosphere,social expectation and social support（p<0.01）;（2）there was a significant relationship between children’s mental health and parental control（p<0.01）,and there was a significant relationship between children’s mental health and their desires（p<0.01）;（3）there parents’ control over emotions and behavior,psychological tolerance,There was a relationship between parenting and learning environment（p<0.05）;（4）there was no significant correlation between parental status and mental health scores and the effects of children in single-parent families,but there was a positive correlation between parents.There was a strong correlation between parental control and teacher-student relationship（p<0.05）,and between parental behavior and parental control（p< 0.05）.（2）In the structural equation model of children from single-parent families and its influencing factors,（1）personality,mental resilience and social expectations directly affect the mental health of children in single-parent families（2）personality indirectly affects the mental health of children in single-parent families through resilience（3）psychological control of parents indirectly affects the mental health of children in single-parent families families through resilience;（4）class atmosphere and social support indirectly affect the mental health of children from single-parent families through social expectation;（5）among the factors that directly affect the mental health of children from single-parent families,the effect value of personality is 1.493,the effect value of resilience is-1.577,and the effect value of social expectation is-0.287.The study shows that resilience has the greatest predictive effect on the mental health of children from single-parent families.Conclusions:The questionnaire designed in this study meets the requirements of statistics in terms of validity,reliability and clear structure,which can provide convenience for subsequent studies and provide evaluation tools and explanatory references for exploring the characteristics and rules of adolescent mental health.It has high practical value and can be used as a tool to evaluate the mental health of adolescent single parent children.Factors affecting the mental health of children in single-parent families can effectively predict the mental health level of children in single-parent families.In real life,parents and school authorities should pay more attention to the psychology of children from single-parent families and give them more patience and care.The care of social organizations at all levels can also improve the mental health level of children from single-parent families and help them form good responses in life,emotion,interpersonal relationship and behavior.To promote the healthy,comprehensive and sustainable development of children from single-parent families.