In other words, healthy amounts of parental involvement have a positive outcome in children’s behavior. However, this looks at other sociological aspects, and different characteristics of the family, not just strictly the level of parent involvement (Jiangmin, 2003). A cross-sectional study was done in rural China; 793 children were studied (Chen Mengtong, 2016). The age between these children were from ten to sixteen years of age. This study was heavily focused on how the involvement of parents effected types of victimization between these children. Victimization could possibly lead to deviance and criminal behavior between children. There were seven types of victimization looked at but for this study we will stick to behavioral and mental problems. Within this study, there were showings of how long-term parental absence was …show more content…
The above study looked at how convictions of felonies affected the chance of a boy within the study becoming a criminal due to his absentee father. The purposed study will be done directly by the children themselves without looking at felonies. There is the question of misdemeanor offenses as well, why are they not included in the above study? The proposed study will also focus on both absent mothers and/or fathers, instead of just fathers, as well as looking at how it affects girls. However, gender is one question that will be interesting to look