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Is Educational Aspiration Mismatch Associated With Depressive Symptomatology? An Analysis of Mother-Adolescent Dyads

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  • Li-Hui Huang

    (Social Affairs Bureau)

  • Yi-Lin Chiang

    (National Chengchi University)

  • Wen-Hsu Lin

    (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)

  • Chi Chiao

    (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)

Abstract

Objectives Limited international studies have used family-based surveys to explore depressive symptomatology in relation to mother-adolescent dyads. Even less is known about this in Asian communities such as Taiwan, where education is highly valued. The present study uses an inter-generational framework and investigates the effect of educational aspiration mismatch on depressive symptomatology within mother-adolescent dyads. Methods A total of 1,108 mother-adolescent dyads were surveyed when the adolescent participants were 13 years old, and then these dyads were followed up for two years. Depressive symptomatology affecting both mother and adolescent child were measured using the Symptom Checklist-90 Revised. Educational aspiration mismatch was operationalized into three groups: the mother having a higher educational aspiration than their adolescent child, both members of the dyad having the same educational aspiration, and the mother having a lower educational aspiration than their adolescent child. Results The findings from the multivariate logistic regressions showed that, when a mother’s education aspiration was higher than that of her child, then both the mother and child were less likely to report depressive symptoms (mothers: AOR = 0.60, p

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  • Li-Hui Huang & Yi-Lin Chiang & Wen-Hsu Lin & Chi Chiao, 2023. "Is Educational Aspiration Mismatch Associated With Depressive Symptomatology? An Analysis of Mother-Adolescent Dyads," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 18(1), pages 305-319, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ariqol:v:18:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1007_s11482-022-10044-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s11482-022-10044-0
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    1. Lv, Bo & Zhou, Huan & Liu, Chunhui & Guo, Xiaolin & Zhang, Caiyun & Liu, Zhaomin & Luo, Liang, 2018. "The relationship between mother–child discrepancies in educational aspirations and children's academic achievement: The mediating role of children's academic self-efficacy," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 296-301.
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