Abstract: Guided by the Social Information-Processing Theory, this study employes a large random sample (i.e., 681 Third-Grade pupils) generated by a blocked cluster design that represents Chinese Northwestern rural region to address the research question about the social information-processing skills and social psychological status of the left-behind children. The study uses the multilevel analysis and the ordered logistic regression model to analyze the longitudinal data that are comprised of study-children's self-administrated answers to the study questionnaire and teachers' ratings. Results show that in terms of the social psychological wellbeing, the left-behind children do not show worse outcomes than other children, and there is no evidence to support the causal linkage between being left-behind and commitment of crimes. It is important not to exaggerate the left-behind childrens problems. The stigmatization of left-behind children is not acceptable.

Keywords: Left-behind Children, Psychological Wellbeing, Social Information Processing, Aggressive Behavior, Juvenile Crimes

摘要： 文章在“社会信息加工理论”的指导下，基于一个代表中国中西部农村地区、通过“分块群组随机”方法抽取的具有统计力度的大样本调查数据，借助分层线性模型和有序Logistic回归模型，评定留守儿童的社会信息加工技能。研究发现，留守儿童与非留守儿童相比，好坏交织，无法得出留守儿童的社会心理健康劣于非留守儿童的结论；多变量分析显示，在30个结果变量的变化上，只有4个具有统计意义上的显著性，其中有两个表明留守儿童的变化比非留守儿童好，另两个表明留守儿童的变化比非留守儿童差；没有证据表明留守儿童与犯罪存在因果关系。文章指出，在留守儿童福祉和精神健康方面夸大问题是不可取的，特别是不能将留守儿童“污名化”。

关键词: 留守儿童, 心理健康, 社会信息加工, 攻击性行为, 青少年犯罪