The influence of parental company time before and after having second child on the emotional and behavioral problems of preschool firstborn children
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.10.008
- VernacularTitle:怀二孩前后父母陪伴对学龄前大孩情绪行为问题的影响
- Author:
SHENG Lulu, LIU Qin, LI Yueyue, FANG Bo, WU Wenyi, XI Xuan, ZHOU Yuanke, ZHANG Qin
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Author Information
1. School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Research Center for Medicine and Social Development Chongqing, Innovation Center for Social Risk Governance in Health, Chongqing(400016), China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Legal guardians;
Emotions;
Behavior;
Mental health;
Regression analysis;
Child,preschool
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2021;42(10):1475-1479
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the influence of parental company before and after having second child on the emotional and behavioral problems of preschool firstborn children, and to provide a reference for emotional problems prevention of firstborn children.
Methods:Questionnaire survey was conducted among mothers of firstborn children who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria from two Grade A hospitals in Chongqing from March to December 2019. The average age of 845 firstborn children was (3.56±1.24) years old. The chi square test was used to compare the general characteristics and parent company of boys and girls. Rank sum test was used to compare the differences of emotional and behavioral problems of firstborn children with different parents company. Multiple linear regression models were used to compare the differences of internalizing, externalizing and total problems in firstborn children with different parents company.
Results:After having the second child, parents spent less time with their firstborn children, among which the decrease of the accompanying time of the mother and the total accompanying time of the parents were statistically significant( Z =3.76, 2.86, P <0.05). The scores of internalizing problem were higher when the mother s company time decreased ( B=1.18, 95%CI = 0.01 -2.36) and the parents total company time decreased( B=1.41, 95%CI =0.33-2.48). The scores of the externalizing problem ( B=1.25, 95%CI =0.10-2.39) and the total problem ( B=4.31, 95%CI =1.05-7.57) with the decrease of parents total company time were higher.
Conclusion:Parent company has an important influence on the emotional and behavioral problems of firstborn children. Firstborn children whose parents accompanying time decreases after having second children scored higher on emotional and behavioral problems.
