“Acting head of the household” of Chinese left-behind families: A neglected phenomenon

2020 ◽  
pp. 1354067X1989867
Author(s):  
Wentian Li
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Blind Spot ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Role Change ◽  
Psychosocial Services ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Psychological Phenomenon ◽  
The Family ◽  
Actual Decision

“Acting head of the household” is a psychological phenomenon of the left-behind families in China. It was named by the author. That is, a left-behind woman with maladaptation and difficulties in role change usually actively establish a very close connection with a role outside the family after the husband’s departure from home. In the process of helping and supporting the left-behind family, the role becomes the actual decision-maker, instructor, and even savior of the family, and eventually instead becomes the actual “head of the household” of the family. The left-behind family’s “acting head of the household” is a unique phenomenon in the development of Chinese society under its culture. This phenomenon has not yet attracted widespread attention and is a blind spot in Chinese mental health and psychosocial services.

Mental Health of War-Affected Youth in Two Conflicts: The Role of the Family, Community and Classroom

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivelina Borisova ◽  
Theresa Betancourt ◽  
Wietse Tol ◽  
Ivan Komproe ◽  
Mark Jordans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
The Family

Blind Spot: Schizophrenia in the Family

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Laufer ◽  
Boja Vasic
Keyword(s):  
Blind Spot ◽  
The Family

Where is the family in global mental health?

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
James L. Griffith ◽  
Jessica Keane
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Global Mental Health ◽  
The Family

Mental health in relation to the family

Public Health ◽  
1947 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 123-128
Author(s):  
C.O. Stallybrass
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
The Family

Effects of International Male Migration on Wives Left Behind in Rural Tamil Nadu

2021 ◽  
pp. 097152152199796
Author(s):  
H. Arokkiaraj ◽  
Archana Kaushik ◽  
S. Irudaya Rajan
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Psychological Problem ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Size Analysis ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Economic Returns ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The Family

Emigration by skilled and semi-skilled workers from India to the Middle East is a strategy for better economic returns. Families rarely accompany migrants. Drawing insights from primary data gathered from intensive fieldwork in Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, this article attempts to understand the psychological consequences on the wives left behind. A mixed sampling method was used to derive the sample size. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson’s chi-square tests were mainly used for quantitative analysis supplemented by qualitative methods. The results indicated that wives considered loneliness the most significant psychological problem arising from their husbands’ absence. Stress was also caused by financial problems and the necessity of taking on additional roles in the family.

Ketidakstabilan Emosi dan Mood Masyarakat Dimasa Pandemi Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-34
Author(s):  
Dira Anjania Rifani ◽  
Dedi Rianto Rahadi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Emotional Instability ◽  
Business People ◽  
The Family ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Anxiety And Fear

The Covid-19 pandemic has a major impact on all aspects of life. One of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic is human mental health. Human mental health related to emotions and moods is an important factor in carrying out all human activities. The emotional stability and mood of an individual are influenced by heredity, environment and current circumstances. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, everythings have changed drastically from usual, people are forced to be able to face the pressure that occurs from a social, economic and cultural side. Therefore, special attention is needed so that this pandemic can all be passed even though it is more difficult and complicated. The formulation of the problem is how the Emotional Instability and Mood of the Community During the Covid-19 Pandemic. This study uses a causal research design and adopts qualitative research methods with subjects consisting of parents, students, workers, and business people. The results of his research are that the Covid-19 pandemic certainly has a major negative impact on people's mental health, which begins with stress, anxiety and fear in the community and then leads to conflicts within the family, environment, and country.

scholarly journals SEPARATED KIN: RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION AND MENTAL HEALTH TRAJECTORIES OF OLDER ADULTS LEFT BEHIND IN RURAL CHINA

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S880-S880
Author(s):  
Zhiyong Lin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Rate Of Increase ◽  
The Impact

Abstract As the processes of urbanization and globalization have intensified across the world, a burgeoning literature has documented the impact of emigration on the health of family members left behind in emigrant communities. Although the association between children’s migration and parental well-being is well documented, few have examined the health implications of children’s migration in the milieu of multiple children and further differentiated between children’s short-term and long-term migration. Therefore, I argue that it is not the geographic locality of a single child but the composition of all children’s location that matters. I further suggest that the impact of children’s migration on parental wellbeing is conditioned on the duration of children’s migration. Using a six waves longitudinal data (2001-2015) collected in rural China, this paper compares mental health (measured as depressive symptoms) trajectories of old adults (aged 60 and older) across different compositions of local and migrant children over a 14-year span. Results from growth curve models show that parents having more migrant children relative to local children experience a more rapid increase in depressive symptoms. In addition, older adults who have their most children migrate away for three or more waves of data have experienced the steepest rate of increase in depressive symptoms. These findings provide new evidence to support the life course processes of mental health disparities among older adults from the perspective of intergenerational proximity.

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