School adjustment of children from rural migrant families in urban China
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine school adjustment of rural-to-urban migrant children and its relations with acculturation in China. Migrant children were those whose official hukou status was in a rural region outside the city. Data were collected for 1175 students (M age = 11 years) in urban public schools from multiple sources including peer evaluations, teacher ratings, self-reports, and school records. The results showed that migrant students performed more competently than urban non-migrant students in social and academic areas. Migrant students displayed better psychological adjustment than non-migrant students in higher grades, but not in lower grades. Among migrant students, those with higher scores on accommodation to urban culture and maintenance of rural culture tended to be better adjusted. These results indicate the implications of migration and change in life circumstances for children's school functioning in social, academic, and psychological domains.
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- Authors
- Chen, X., Li, D., Xu, X., Liu, J., Fu, R., Cui, L., & Liu, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Shanghai Normal University (CN)
- East China Normal University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Chen, Xinyin
- Venue
- Journal of School Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-02
- Volume
- 72
- Pages
- 14-28
- ISSN
- 0022-4405 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2907067850
- Cited by
- 50
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 6.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of School Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (16JJD840001, 18YJA190009)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Social Sciences › Education › Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees
- Social Sciences › Communication › International Student and Expatriate Challenges
- Keywords
- school adjustment, migrant children, rural-urban migration, acculturation, household registration, psychological adjustment, academic performance, social adaptation, urban public schools, grade level differences
- MeSH terms
- Child, China, Female, Humans, Male, Rural Population, Schools, Social Adjustment, Transients and Migrants, Urban Population
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