What contributes to alienation towards parents in left-behind children: development of alienation ecological system theoretical framework

These findings are among the first to elucidate how parental, interpersonal, and personal factors affect children's alienation towards parents. The newly developed alienation ecological system theoretical framework tries to understand the development of alienation. These results offer valuable suggestions for future family and school interventions, i.e., to prevent high alienation towards parents in LBC, more attention should be paid on parental, interpersonal, and personal factors.