A comparative study of mental health status among left-behind, migrant, and local adolescents in China.

Objective: Influence of migration on mental impairments among adolescents has been well assessed. However, there lack empirical data on multiple mental health problems and comparisons of children who suffer from different parental migration. This study aims to compare the mental health status among left-behind adolescents (LBA), migrant adolescents (MA), and local adolescents (LA).

Resilience buffers the association between sleep disturbance and psychotic-like experiences in adolescents.

Background: Sleep disturbance may cause psychotic-like experiences (PLEs). The present study aimed to exam their rate of co-occurrence and investigate whether resilience buffers the association.

Methods: A total of 50,625 junior high school students were assessed using the self-compiled socio-demographics and sleep questionnaires, 8-item Positive Subscale of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences, 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Patient Health Questionnaire and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire.