This paper examines whether children and main caregivers of overseas migrant fathers have fewer or more mental health symptoms compared to those of non-migrant fathers. The sample includes 997 households from the 2008 Child Health and Migrant Parents in South-East Asia project. The mental health measurements are the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and the Self-Reporting Questionnaire. Compared to children of non-migrant fathers, those of migrant fathers are more likely to demonstrate conduct problems and hyperactivity/inattention. Factors which appear to impact a caregiver's mental health include the physical health status of children, caregiver's education level and household economic status. To reduce the risk of mental health problems on left-behind children, our findings imply the importance of encouraging and educating left-behind families to monitor the children's psychological well-being, especially those in father-migrant families.

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移徙与父亲缺席：对泰国留守家庭成员心理健康的影响

本文考察了与非移民父亲相比，海外移民父亲的子女和主要照顾者是否有更少或更多的心理健康症状。样本包括来自 2008 年东南亚儿童健康和移民父母项目的 997 个家庭。心理健康测量是优势和困难问卷和自我报告问卷。与非移民父亲的孩子相比，移民父亲的孩子更可能表现出行为问题和多动/注意力不集中。似乎影响照顾者心理健康的因素包括儿童的身体健康状况、照顾者的教育水平和家庭经济状况。为降低留守儿童心理健康问题的风险，