Observational Study
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World J Clin Cases. Jul 26, 2024; 12(21): 4642-4651
Published online Jul 26, 2024. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i21.4642
Comparative study on emotional behavior and parental job stress of only-child and non-only-child preschool children
Zhi-Wei Fu, Kai-Li Wang, Ning-Yu Du, Yue-Jing Li, Jing-Jing Duan, Sheng-Xia Zhao
Zhi-Wei Fu, Kai-Li Wang, Ning-Yu Du, Yue-Jing Li, Jing-Jing Duan, Sheng-Xia Zhao, Department of Children's Health, Shijiazhuang Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Shijiazhuang 050000, Hebei Province, China
Author contributions: Zhao SX was the guarantor and designed the study; Fu ZW, Wang KL, Du NY participated in the acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of the data, and drafted the initial manuscript; Li YJ, Duan JJ revised the article critically for important intellectual content.
Supported by Shijiazhuang City Science and Technology Research and Development Self Raised Plan, No. 221460383.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Shijiazhuang City Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Sheng-Xia Zhao, MBBS, Associate Chief Nurse, Department of Children's Health, Shijiazhuang Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, No. 396 Youyi Street, Qiaoxi District, Shijiazhuang 050000, Hebei Province, China. 18032925759@163.com
Received: April 22, 2024
Revised: May 24, 2024
Accepted: June 7, 2024
Published online: July 26, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Children's psychological, behavioral, and emotional problems are easily influenced by the family environment. However, most studies have not clearly indicated whether there is a strong influence mechanism between children's behavioral and emotional problems and parents' educational methods. In recent years, with the emergence of second and third children, the family structure of only children in the past few decades has been changed. In this study, we extracted relevant data from 1314 families to further understand the relationship between emotional behavior of children from only child or non only child families and parental work pressure, providing scientific basis for optimizing children's education and family relationships.