[Analysis on the current situation and related influencing factors of neglect in 12-18 years old middle school students]

Abstract

Objective: To understand the current situation of adolescents neglect and its related influencing factors.

Methods: The survey was conducted by multi-stage sampling among students from seven middle schools in Jiaxing and Wuhu city. The questionnaire included general demographic characteristics, parental rearing patterns scale( EMBU) and Chinese urban middle school students ignore evaluation questionnaire.

Results: A total of 6700 questionnaires were delivered, and 6347 valid questionnaires were retrieved with the effective rate of 94. 7%. Among the study subjects, 2296 students ever suffered neglect with the total prevalence of neglect of 36. 17%. The total score of neglect was 50. 41 ± 9. 70. The neglect score was higher in males than that in females( 51. 77 ± 9. 95 vs 49. 07 ± 9. 26), students in Wuhu higher than those in Jiaxing, students in non-single-child higher than those in single-child and higher-grade students higher than low-grade ones. The neglect scores on body, emotion, education, security, and medical levels were higher in Wuhu middle school students than that in Jiaxing ones. The neglect scores on six levels( body, emotion, education, security, medical and society)were higher in males and students in non-single-child than that in females and students in single-child. Statistically significant differences were also found among different grades on six levels( P < 0. 05). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that there was a linear regression relationship between the adolescents neglect score and father 's emotional warmth, mother 's rejection, grade, mother 's emotional warmth, father 's strictpunishment, sex, mother's overprotection, mother's educational background, father's favoring, performance level, mother's strict-punishment, father 's rejection and family income.

Conclusion: There is a certain proportion of neglect in middle school students. Parenting style of parents' emotional warmth could effectively reduce the occurrence of neglect. However, strict-punishment, favoring, rejection of father and overprotection, rejection, strict-punishment of mother might increase the risk of adolescents neglect.

Keywords: adolescents; influencing factors; neglect.