Department of Family Social Science, 311816University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, 311816University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2022 Jul;27(3):524-537. doi: 10.1177/13591045211064135. Epub 2021 Dec 28.
Parents and adolescents often have conflict. Previous research has been inconsistent regarding the association between some parent behaviors during this conflict and adolescent symptoms. This study examines parents' behaviors during a conflict resolution discussion in a clinical sample, and the relationship between parents' behaviors and adolescents' depression and anxiety symptoms.
Depression and anxiety symptoms were self-reported by 22 adolescents of ages 13-17 who were diagnosed with depression. They also participated in an observed conflict resolution task with one parent. Using observationally coded data, we utilized two linear multiple regressions to assess how parent and adolescent emotion-related behaviors related to adolescents' depression and anxiety symptoms.
Adolescents' conflict behaviors were not associated with their psychopathology symptoms. Parent conflict behaviors of support and withdrawal were both negatively associated with adolescent depression and anxiety, with parent contempt marginally associated with adolescent depression.
In this clinical sample, parents of adolescents with low mood or anxiety demonstrated some reduced negative parenting behaviors (i.e., contempt and withdrawal), but also reduced positive parenting behavior (i.e., support). The results suggest that when some negative parenting behaviors are reduced, this may inadvertently reinforce depressive behaviors. The results also indicate the importance of increasing supportive parent behaviors.
父母和青少年之间经常会发生冲突。以往的研究对于父母在冲突期间的某些行为与青少年症状之间的关联一直存在不一致的结果。本研究在临床样本中检查了父母在解决冲突讨论期间的行为，以及父母的行为与青少年抑郁和焦虑症状之间的关系。
年龄在 13-17 岁之间且被诊断患有抑郁症的 22 名青少年自我报告了抑郁和焦虑症状。他们还与一位家长一起参加了观察到的冲突解决任务。我们使用观察编码数据，通过两个线性多元回归来评估父母和青少年情绪相关行为与青少年抑郁和焦虑症状的关系。
青少年的冲突行为与他们的精神病理学症状无关。父母的支持和回避冲突行为都与青少年的抑郁和焦虑呈负相关，父母的轻蔑行为与青少年的抑郁呈边缘相关。
在这个临床样本中，情绪低落或焦虑的青少年的父母表现出一些减少的负面养育行为（即轻蔑和回避），但也减少了积极的养育行为（即支持）。结果表明，当一些负面的养育行为减少时，这可能会无意中强化抑郁行为。结果还表明增加支持性父母行为的重要性。
