Cui Lixian, Sun Qian, Way Niobe, Waters Theodore E A, Li Xuan, Zhang Cong, Zhang Guangzhen, Chen Xinyin, Okazaki Sumie, Yoshikawa Hirokazu
Division of Arts and Sciences, NYU Shanghai, Shanghai, China.
Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Zhejiang, China.
Dev Psychopathol. 2023 Oct;35(4):1956-1967. doi: 10.1017/S095457942200061X. Epub 2022 Aug 12.
Previous research indicates that parental emotion socialization (ES) practices play important roles in adolescents' social and emotional development. However, longitudinal studies testing bidirectional effects are relatively scarce. Additionally, most studies have focused on people from Western societies. In the current 3-year, multi-informant, longitudinal study of Chinese adolescents and their parents, we investigated prospective bidirectional effects between parental positive ES practices and adolescents' psychosocial adjustment (i.e., self-esteem and depressive symptoms). Adolescents ( = 710 at T1, 50% boys, age = 12.41, = 0.59) reported on parental positive ES practices and their own depressive symptoms and self-esteem when they were in 7, 8, and 9 grade. Mothers and fathers reported on their own use of positive ES practices at all three time points. We utilized a random intercept cross-lagged panel model to examine between- and within-family effects. Overall results showed robust effects of adolescent depressive symptoms on parental positive ES practices and bidirectional effects between parental ES and adolescent self-esteem. Effects differed by informants whether using adolescent-perceived data, or mother- or father-reported data. However, these child effects and bidirectional effects did not differ by adolescent sex. Our findings add to the understanding of parental ES and adolescent psychosocial adjustment.
先前的研究表明，父母的情感社会化（ES）行为在青少年的社会和情感发展中起着重要作用。然而，检验双向效应的纵向研究相对较少。此外，大多数研究都集中在西方社会的人群。在当前这项针对中国青少年及其父母的为期3年的多 informant 纵向研究中，我们调查了父母积极的ES行为与青少年心理社会适应（即自尊和抑郁症状）之间的前瞻性双向效应。青少年（T1时n = 710，50%为男孩，年龄 = 12.41，SD = 0.59）在7、8和9年级时报告了父母积极的ES行为以及他们自己的抑郁症状和自尊。母亲和父亲在所有三个时间点都报告了自己使用积极ES行为的情况。我们使用随机截距交叉滞后面板模型来检验家庭间和家庭内效应。总体结果显示，青少年抑郁症状对父母积极的ES行为有显著影响，并且父母的ES与青少年自尊之间存在双向效应。根据使用青少年感知数据、母亲或父亲报告的数据，效应因 informant 而异。然而，这些儿童效应和双向效应在青少年性别上没有差异。我们的研究结果有助于增进对父母的ES与青少年心理社会适应的理解。
