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

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  • Jinqin Hou

    (National Institute of Education Sciences, Beijing 100088, China)

  • Zhiyan Chen

    (CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing 100101, China)

  • Fei Guo

    (CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing 100101, China)

Abstract

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.

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  • Jinqin Hou & Zhiyan Chen & Fei Guo, 2020. "The Transactional Relationship between Parental and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Effect of Nurturant–Involved Parenting," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-16, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:21:p:8240-:d:441569
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    1. Luca Cerniglia & Silvia Cimino, 2020. "Special Issue: Parent–Child Interactions: Paths of Intergenerational Transmission of Psychopathological Risk," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(24), pages 1-4, December.

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