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Table 3 Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire, non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal ideation: comparison of four groups, mean (SD)/n(%)

From: Impact of parental divorce versus separation due to migration on mental health and self-injury of Chinese children: a cross sectional survey

 

BLBC

SLBC

DC

NLBC

F or χ2

P value

Emotional symptoms (0–10)a

3.6 (2.2)

3.4 (2.2)

4.0 (2.4)

3.1 (2.2)

21.11

 < 0.001

Conduct problems (0–10)b

2.5 (1.6)

2.5 (1.7)

2.8 (1.8)

2.3 (1.6)

10.90

 < 0.001

Hyperactivity (0–10)c

3.9 (2.2)

4.0 (2.2)

4.5 (2.3)

3.6 (2.2)

19.57

 < 0.001

Peer problems (0–10)d

2.7 (1.7)

2.7 (1.7)

2.9 (1.8)

2.5 (1.7)

7.20

 < 0.001

Total difficulties score (0–40)e

12.7 (5.5)

12.5 (5.6)

14.2 (6.0)

11.5 (5.5)

27.64

 < 0.001

Pro-social (0–10)f

7.0 (2.0)

7.0 (2.1)

6.8 (2.1)

7.1 (2.0)

4.68

0.003

Internalizing problems (0–20)g

6.2 (3.2)

6.1 (3.2)

6.9 (3.4)

5.6 (3.1)

21.47

 < 0.001

Externalizing problems (0–20)h

6.4 (3.3)

6.4 (3.3)

7.3 (3.5)

5.9 (3.4)

20.17

 < 0.001

Non-suicidal self-injuryi

15.05

0.002

 Yes

158 (15.4)

181 (13.7)

86 (18.1)

132 (11.4)

  

 No

868 (84.6)

1141 (86.3)

389 (81.9)

1028 (88.6)

  

Suicidal ideationj

26.17

0.002

 I do not have any thoughts of killing myself

761 (74.2)

959 (72.7)

319 (67.2)

900 (77.7)

  

 I have thoughts of killing myself, but I would not carry them out

242 (23.6)

319 (24.2)

142 (29.9)

237 (20.4)

  

 I would like to kill myself

18 (1.8)

29 (2.2)

7 (1.5)

17 (1.5)

  

 I would kill myself if I had the chance

5 (0.5)

12 (0.9)

7 (1.5)

5 (0.4)

  
  1. LBC left-behind children, BLBC LBC with both parents migrating, SLBC LBC with one parent migrating, NLBC neither parents had migrated, DC children living in a divorced family without migrant parents
  2. a: Post-hoc, (1,3), (1,4), (2,3), (2,4), (3,4); b: Post-hoc, (1,3), (2,3), (2,4), (3,4)
  3. c: Post-hoc, (1,3), (1,4), (2,3), (2,4), (3,4); d: Post-hoc, (1,3), (2,3), (3,4); e: Post-hoc, (1,3), (1,4), (2,3), (2,4), (3,4); f: Post-hoc, (3,4)
  4. g: Post-hoc, (1,3), (1,4), (2,3), (2,4), (3,4); h: Post-hoc, (1,3), (1,4), (2,3), (2,4), (3,4); i: Post-hoc, (1,4), (3,4); j: Post-hoc, (3,4)