Department of Psychology, Sigmund Freud University (Milan), Ripa di Porta Ticinese, 77-20143 Milan, Italy.
Department of Dynamic, Clinical and Health Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via degli Apuli, 1-00185 Rome, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 20;20(3):1957. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20031957.
There is evidence of a significant raise in youths' emotional and behavioral difficulties during the pandemic. Only a few studies have addressed parent-adolescent conflict, and none investigated the possible mediating effect of parenting in the association between conflicts with parents and adolescents' symptoms. This study aimed at investigating youths' psychological symptoms during the pandemic, focusing on the predicting effect of parent-adolescent conflict. The mediating role of care and overprotection was also explored, considering whether adolescent gender moderated this mediation.
195 adolescents aged 14-18 years participated in an online longitudinal study. Perceived conflict with parents and parenting dimensions (Parental Bonding Instrument; PBI) were assessed at baseline (2021). Self-reported psychological difficulties (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; SDQ) were collected at baseline and after one year (2022).
A significantly severer symptomatology was found in adolescents having a conflictual relationship with one or both parents. Major conflicts with parents correlated with lower care and greater overprotection in mothers and fathers. However, parental overprotection and maternal care were not mediators of the relationship between conflict and youths' difficulties. The only exception was represented by paternal care that fully mediated this relationship in both adolescent males and females.
Although further investigations are needed to overcome limitations due to the small sample, findings extend our insight into the impact of parent-adolescent conflict, highlighting the role of fathers' care and the need to maximize their involvement in clinical interventions.
有证据表明，在疫情期间，青少年的情绪和行为困难显著增加。只有少数研究涉及父母-青少年冲突，也没有研究调查父母与青少年症状之间的冲突与青少年症状之间的可能中介效应。本研究旨在调查疫情期间青少年的心理症状，重点关注父母-青少年冲突的预测作用。还探讨了关怀和过度保护的中介作用，同时考虑了青少年性别是否调节了这种中介作用。
195 名 14-18 岁的青少年参加了一项在线纵向研究。在基线（2021 年）评估了与父母的感知冲突和养育维度（父母养育方式问卷；PBI）。自我报告的心理困难（长处和困难问卷；SDQ）在基线和一年后（2022 年）收集。
与父母一方或双方关系冲突的青少年表现出明显更严重的症状。与父母的主要冲突与母亲和父亲的关怀程度较低和过度保护程度较高有关。然而，父母的过度保护和母亲的关怀并不是冲突与青少年困难之间关系的中介。唯一的例外是父亲的关怀，它完全中介了这种关系，在青少年男性和女性中都是如此。
尽管由于样本较小，需要进一步调查来克服限制，但研究结果扩展了我们对父母-青少年冲突影响的认识，强调了父亲关怀的作用以及需要最大限度地参与临床干预的必要性。
