scholarly journals The Transactional Relationship between Parental and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Effect of Nurturant–Involved Parenting

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (21) ◽  
pp. 8240
Author(s):  
Jinqin Hou ◽  
Zhiyan Chen ◽  
Fei Guo
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Reciprocal Relationships ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Transactional Theory ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Paternal Depressive Symptoms ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

Sameroff’s transactional theory emphasizes a bidirectional process between parents and offspring. The present study explored the reciprocal relationships between parental and adolescent depressive symptoms using a cross-lagged model and examined the mediating effect of nurturant–involved parenting on the relationship between them. Data for the present study were collected from a longitudinal study, and a total of 1644 adolescents and their mothers and fathers participated in the present study. The results revealed a reciprocal relationship between maternal and adolescent depressive symptoms, and the child-driven effect was more robust than the mother-driven effect. Adolescent depressive symptoms significantly predicted paternal depressive symptoms, but not vice versa. In addition, adolescent depressive symptoms indirectly predicted maternal and paternal depressive symptoms by deteriorating nurturant-involved parenting. These findings highlight a child-driven effect on parents’ psychopathology, which may shed light on the mechanism underlying depression transmission between parents and adolescents.

The effects of shyness and loneliness on cell phone dependence in college students

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Yan Chen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Mobile Phone Addiction ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

I explored the relationships among shyness, loneliness, and cell phone dependence (CPD) in college students, with a special focus on the mediating effect of loneliness in the relationship between shyness and CPD. Participants were 593 students recruited from a college in Henan, China, and they completed the Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale, the UCLA Loneliness Scale–Short Form, and the Mobile Phone Addiction Index. The results show that shyness was significantly correlated with both loneliness and CPD, and that loneliness partially mediated the effect of shyness on CPD. These findings shed light on how shyness predicts CPD and have implications for preventing CPD in college students.

scholarly journals The mediating effect of depressive symptoms on the relationship between traumatic childhood experiences and drug use initiation

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 527-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Fishbein ◽  
Scott P. Novak ◽  
Christopher Krebs ◽  
Tara Warner ◽  
Jane Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Drug Use Initiation

Parental Criticism and Adolescent Depression: Does Adolescent Self-Evaluation Act as a Mediator?

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 553-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Bolton ◽  
Christine Barrowclough ◽  
Rachel Calam
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Adolescent Depression ◽  
Expressed Emotion ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Parental Criticism ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
The Relationship

Background: A better understanding of relationships between adolescent depression and family functioning may help in devising ways to prevent development of depression and design effective therapeutic interventions. Aims: This study explored the relationship of parental emotional attitudes, (perceived criticism and expressed emotion) to adolescent self-evaluation and depression. Methods: A sample of 28 clinic-referred adolescents and their mothers participated. The Five Minute Speech Sample was used to measure parental expressed emotion, and the adolescents completed the Children's Depression Inventory, Self-Perception Profile for Children global self-worth scale, a self-criticism scale and a perceived parental criticism scale. Results: There was partial support for a model of adolescent negative self-evaluation as a mediator in the relationship between parental emotional attitudes and adolescent depressive symptoms. The data also supported an alternative hypothesis whereby adolescent depressive symptoms are related to negative self-evaluation. Conclusions: The overall pattern of results emphasizes the significance of adolescents' perceptions of parental criticism, rather than actual levels, in understanding the relationship between parental emotional attitudes and adolescent depressive symptoms.

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