The Transactional Relationship between Parental and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Effect of Nurturant–Involved Parenting
Abstract
:1. Introduction
The Current Study
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedures
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Depressive Symptoms
2.2.2. Nurturant-Involved Parenting
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary Analyses
3.2. The Cross-Lagged Model
3.3. Mediation Model for Parenting
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
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1 | W1 Adolescent depressive symptoms | — | 0.47 ** | 0.31 ** | 0.12 ** | 0.14 ** | −0.14 ** | −0.26 ** | −0.14 ** | −0.23 ** |
2 | W2 Adolescent depressive symptoms | 0.52 ** | — | 0.48 ** | 0.16 ** | 0.14 ** | −0.07 | −0.25 ** | −0.11 ** | −0.16 ** |
3 | W3 Adolescent depressive symptoms | 0.33 ** | 0.47 ** | — | 0.14 ** | 0.22 ** | −0.03 | −0.15 ** | −0.15 ** | −0.23 ** |
4 | W2 Maternal depressive symptoms | 0.17 ** | 0.15 ** | 0.12 ** | — | 0.23 ** | −0.33 ** | −0.12 ** | −0.16 ** | −0.08 * |
5 | W3 Maternal depressive symptoms | 0.24 ** | 0.20 ** | 0.25 ** | 0.24 ** | — | −0.12 ** | −0.16 ** | −0.29 ** | −0.22 ** |
6 | W2 Ma. nurturant–involved (M) | −0.11 ** | −0.04 | −0.07 | −0.24 ** | −0.10 * | — | 0.51 ** | 0.41 ** | 0.36 ** |
7 | W2 Ma. nurturant–involved (A) | −0.23 ** | −0.20 ** | −0.12 ** | −0.11 ** | −0.23 ** | 0.43 ** | — | 0.43 ** | 0.60 ** |
8 | W3 Ma. nurturant–involved (M) | −0.15 ** | −0.10 * | −0.10 * | −0.15 ** | −0.28 ** | 0.45 ** | 0.33 ** | — | 0.63 ** |
9 | W3 Ma. nurturant–involved (A) | −0.14 ** | −0.16 ** | −0.26 ** | −0.13 ** | −0.24 ** | 0.36 ** | 0.45 ** | 0.56 ** | — |
Boys M (SD) | 7.97 (6.02) | 9.00 (7.08) | 10.18 (7.06) | 7.06 (5.85) | 7.91 (6.02) | 3.91 (0.79) | 3.61 (0.85) | 3.74 (0.81) | 3.51 (0.83) | |
Girls M (SD) | 8.11 (6.23) | 9.75 (7.48) | 10.16 (7.58) | 6.80 (5.81) | 7.53 (6.50) | 3.97 (0.73) | 3.81 (0.82) | 3.98 (0.71) | 3.79 (0.80) |
Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
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1 | W1 Adolescent depressive symptoms | — | 0.47 ** | 0.31 ** | 0.03 | 0.11 ** | −0.17 ** | −0.24 ** | −0.17 ** | −0.18 ** |
2 | W2 Adolescent depressive symptoms | 0.52 ** | — | 0.48 ** | 0.18 ** | 0.15 ** | −0.13 ** | −0.28 ** | −0.14 ** | −0.20 ** |
3 | W3 Adolescent depressive symptoms | 0.33 ** | 0.47 ** | — | 0.09 * | 0.17 ** | −0.06 | −0.20 ** | −0.17 ** | −0.31 ** |
4 | W2 Paternal depressive symptoms | 0.15 ** | 0.20 ** | 0.14 ** | — | 0.32 ** | −0.26 ** | −0.12 ** | −0.17 ** | −0.06 |
5 | W3 Paternal depressive symptoms | 0.17 ** | 0.13 ** | 0.21 ** | 0.22 ** | — | −0.14 ** | −0.17 ** | −0.33 ** | −0.19 ** |
6 | W2 Pa. nurturant–involved (F) | −0.10 * | −0.08 * | −0.07 | −0.29 ** | −0.10 * | — | 0.49 ** | 0.44 ** | 0.39 ** |
7 | W2 Pa. nurturant–involved (A) | −0.23 ** | −0.24 ** | −0.15 ** | −0.14 ** | −0.13 ** | 0.40 ** | — | 0.38 ** | 0.57 ** |
8 | W3 Pa. nurturant–involved (F) | −0.13 ** | −0.11 ** | −0.14 ** | −0.22 ** | −0.37 ** | 0.34 ** | 0.28 ** | — | 0.52 ** |
9 | W3 Pa. nurturant–involved (A) | −0.13 ** | −0.17 ** | −0.21 ** | −0.17 ** | −0.20 ** | 0.26 ** | 0.47 ** | 0.48 ** | — |
Boys M (SD) | 7.97 (6.02) | 9.00 (7.08) | 10.18 (7.06) | 7.22 (5.99) | 7.78 (6.10) | 3.65 (0.80) | 3.31 (0.97) | 3.57 (0.80) | 3.20 (0.92) | |
Girls M (SD) | 8.11 (6.23) | 9.75 (7.48) | 10.16 (7.58) | 6.70 (5.54) | 7.29 (6.54) | 3.74 (0.79) | 3.42 (0.97) | 3.76 (0.77) | 3.38 (0.93) |
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Hou, J.; Chen, Z.; Guo, F. The Transactional Relationship between Parental and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Effect of Nurturant–Involved Parenting. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 8240. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218240
Hou J, Chen Z, Guo F. The Transactional Relationship between Parental and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Effect of Nurturant–Involved Parenting. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(21):8240. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218240
Chicago/Turabian StyleHou, Jinqin, Zhiyan Chen, and Fei Guo. 2020. "The Transactional Relationship between Parental and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Effect of Nurturant–Involved Parenting" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 21: 8240. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218240