The Influence Of The Parent-child Relationship And Peer Interaction Problems To The Loneliness Of The Left-behind Children

In recent years,as more and more labor forces have poured into cities,the additional problem that they carry—a large number of left-behind children has appeared.As one or both of the parents go out,the loss of affection will inevitably have a great impact on the physical and mental development of left-behind children.Existing research points out that in China,the most common psychological problem for left-behind children is loneliness.A good parent-child relationship will significantly reduce the loneliness of left-behind children.At the same time,some research have shown that left-behind children with more serious peer interaction problems feel more loneliness.Therefore,the study takes left-behind children as the research object,and studies the current situation of left-behind children’s parent-child relationship,peer interaction problems,and loneliness,and explores the relationship between the three to provide empirical research for effective intervention.This study selected students from middle schools(grades 7-9)and primary schools(grades 3-6)in three cities of Shanxi Province.The cluster sampling method was used to conduct a questionnaire survey.Including 582 left-behind children and 730 non-left-behind children.Using SPSS22.0 for data entry and analysis,the results are as follows:1.In the comparison of left-behind children and non-left-behind children,the parent-child relationship and its dimensions,peer interaction problems and loneliness are significantly different compared with non-left-behind children;non-left-behind children have higher parent-child relationship scores than left-behind children.Children’s peer interaction problems and loneliness scored higher than non-left-behind children.2.Among left-behind children,there was no significant difference in loneliness in gender,grade,whether it is the only child;the loneliness scores ofchildren raised by generations was significantly higher than that of children raised by half generations.The loneliness scores of different types of left-behind children was significantly different,the left-behind children who stay with father,the loneliness scores are higher than those stay with mother and both parents go out.3.The left-behind girls have significant difference with boys in the two dimensions of intimacy and emotion in parent-child relationships,and the girls’ score are higher than boys’.The left-behind time has significant differences in parent-child relationships,specifically in four left-behind time periods(0 to 6months,6 months to 1 year,1 to 3 years,more than 3 years),with the increase in the length of stay,the score of parent-child relationship gradually increased.4.Peer interaction problems vary significantly with left-behind time.The specific performance is that the peer interaction problems scores for left-behind children who stay for 1 to 3 years and more than 3 years are significantly lower than those who stay for 0 to 6 months and 6 months to 1 year.5.For left-behind children,parent-child relationship can significantly negative predict both peer interaction problems and loneliness;peer interaction problems can significantly positive predict loneliness.6.Peer interaction problems among left-behind children has a partial medication between parent-child relationship and loneliness.7.Left-behind time does not play a regulating role in parent-child relationships,peer interaction problems,and loneliness.