The impact of only-child status on adolescent mental health: a multi-center cross-sectional study using propensity score matching in Western China
This study reveals that the only-child adolescents possibly showing better psychological well-being overall in western China. This study's findings suggest that, during adolescent development, families and society should pay greater attention to the mental health of non-only children.
Authors
- Yunling Zhong
- Jing Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2454-2168)
- Yuqin Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5451-6481)
- Yuhang Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3734-5988)
- Jiaming Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0025-0379)
- Siyuan Gou
- Jinlong He
- Ning Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-8354)
- Cen Lin
- Yu Cen
- Lu Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5537-8211)
- Jiayu Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0832-5822)
- Lei Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8406-9843)
- Yao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2480-3660)
Institutions
- North Sichuan Medical University (CN)
- Mianyang Third People's Hospital (CN)
- Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College (CN)
- Nanchong Central Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-06-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23383-y
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 71.41
Funders
- Strong