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The problem
Intervention: The study does not evaluate an intervention but rather examines the mediating mechanisms between migration and depression through childhood maltreatment
Who it was tested with: 16,037 junior middle school adolescents in China; 12,122 local-born and 1,937 migrant adolescents.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"A self-administered questionnaire was used for the survey" collecting data on depressive symptoms, childhood maltreatment, and resilience. The mediation analysis demonstrates that childhood maltreatment explains the pathway through which migration associates with adolescent depression, though the study design cannot establish causal mechanisms.
Cross-sectional design prevents causal inference. The study cannot determine whether maltreatment preceded migration or resulted from it. Self-report measures are subject to recall and social desirability bias.
Across countries and designs
5 studies · 4 countries
