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Effects of Father-Adolescent and Mother-Adolescent Relationships on Depressive Symptoms among Chinese Early Adolescents

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  • Qiongwen Zhang

    (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)

  • Yangu Pan

    (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)

  • Yanghong Chen

    (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)

  • Wei Liu

    (Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences)

  • Li Wang

    (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)

  • Jason A. Jean

    (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)

Abstract

Parent–adolescent relationships play an important role in protecting adolescents from depressive symptoms. However, there are no consistent conclusions about the extent to which fathers and mothers uniquely contribute to adolescents’ depressive symptoms. The present study aimed to acquire knowledge in this research area in two ways. First, this study separated the potential impacts of father–child and mother–child relationships on depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents. Second, this study used a longitudinal design with nationally representative samples from the China Education Panel Survey. A total of 8794 middle school students in grade 7 completed measures of father–adolescent and mother–adolescent relationships, and depressive symptoms twice (T1 and T2; one-year interval). Results indicated that both positive father–adolescent and mother–adolescent relationships had negative effects on depressive symptoms in female adolescents. However, positive father-adolescent, not mother-adolescent, relationships had a negative effect on depressive symptoms in male adolescents. These findings suggest that positive parent–adolescent relationships could reduce early adolescents’ depressive symptoms, but positive father–adolescent and mother–adolescent relationships might have different protective effects on early adolescents’ depressive symptoms among male and female adolescents in China.

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  • Qiongwen Zhang & Yangu Pan & Yanghong Chen & Wei Liu & Li Wang & Jason A. Jean, 2022. "Effects of Father-Adolescent and Mother-Adolescent Relationships on Depressive Symptoms among Chinese Early Adolescents," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 17(5), pages 2657-2672, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ariqol:v:17:y:2022:i:5:d:10.1007_s11482-021-09997-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s11482-021-09997-5
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