A comparison of psychological resilience and related factors in Chinese firstborn and only children

•With the new policy from January 1, 2016, that one couple can have two children; two child families are now increasing in Chinese society.•This study investigated psychological resilience in firstborn and only children and its relation to perceived parenting styles and child abuse.•The firstborn ch...

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Published in:Asian journal of psychiatry 2020-10, Vol.53, p.102360-102360, Article 102360
Main Authors: Morgan, Timothy, Yang, Shichang, Liu, Bowen, Cao, Yuping
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child abuse
China
Firstborn
Only child
Parenting style
Resilience
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Summary:•With the new policy from January 1, 2016, that one couple can have two children; two child families are now increasing in Chinese society.•This study investigated psychological resilience in firstborn and only children and its relation to perceived parenting styles and child abuse.•The firstborn child had a lower psychological resilience score when compared to the only child.•Negative perceived parenting style and child abuse were detrimental to psychological resilience. The objective of this research is to compare psychological resilience in Chinese firstborn and only children and its relation to perceived parenting styles and child abuse. The results found that total psychological resilience score, and resilience subscales such as emotion control and goal focus mean scores of the firstborn child was significantly lower compared to the only child (Ps
ISSN:1876-2018
1876-2026
DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102360