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Although adolescents’ mental health problems and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) have been a serious public health concern worldwide, descriptions of risk factors for SITBs often fail to take migration into account. There are roughly 35.8 million migrant children in China who, with their parents, moved from original rural residence to urban areas.
Lu et al Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health (2018) 12:13 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-018-0219-2 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health Open Access RESEARCH ARTICLE Mental health status, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors of migrant children in eastern coastal China in comparison to urban children: a cross‑sectional survey Jingjing Lu1†, Feng Wang1†, Pengfei Chai2, Dongshuo Wang3, Lu Li1* and Xudong Zhou1* Abstract Purpose: Although adolescents’ mental health problems and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) have been a serious public health concern worldwide, descriptions of risk factors for SITBs often fail to take migration into account There are roughly 35.8 million migrant children in China who, with their parents, moved from original rural residence to urban areas Little is known about migrant children’s mental health status and levels of SITBs This study aims to explore the mental health status and SITBs of migrant children living in eastern coastal China in comparison to their urban counterparts Methods: This study was a cross-sectional survey conducted in 13 schools Mental health status and SITBs were measured via self-administered questionnaires Associations between strengths and difficulties questionnaire outcomes and SITBs were investigated Results: Data from 4217 students (1858 migrant children and 2359 urban children) were collected After controlling for gender, age, family economic status, parent’s education level and parents’ marital status, migrant children scored higher for total difficulties (p