Zhang Qi, Ji Wongeun
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
School of Counseling Psychology and Social Welfare, Handong Global University, Pohang, Republic of Korea.
Dev Psychopathol. 2023 May 30:1-16. doi: 10.1017/S095457942300055X.
Overparenting has been considered to contribute to offspring internalizing mental disorders from theoretical perspectives, which some empirical evidence has supported. However, existing findings are inconsistent. To facilitate the understanding of the association between overparenting and depression, anxiety, and internalizing symptoms, an examination of effect sizes is required. By employing the PRISMA method, a meta-analysis was conducted. Fifty-two articles were identified, with 38 studies examining depression, 30 studies examining anxiety, and 21 studies examining internalizing symptoms. The results show that overparenting is associated with offspring depression (mean age 19.94 years) ( = 133, = .15, < .001), anxiety (mean age 19.57 years) ( = 101, = .14, < .001), and internalizing symptoms (mean age 19.76 years) ( = 58, = .19, < .001). Moderator analyses show that the effect sizes are largely equal across SES groups, cultures, the age of offspring, child gender, and study design but may vary depending on the parental gender and report informants. Implications for interventions and future directions are discussed.
从理论角度来看，过度养育被认为会导致后代出现内化性精神障碍，一些实证证据也支持了这一点。然而，现有研究结果并不一致。为了便于理解过度养育与抑郁、焦虑及内化症状之间的关联，需要对效应量进行考察。通过采用PRISMA方法，进行了一项荟萃分析。共识别出52篇文章，其中38项研究考察抑郁，30项研究考察焦虑，21项研究考察内化症状。结果表明，过度养育与后代抑郁（平均年龄19.94岁）（n = 133，g = 0.15，p < .001）、焦虑（平均年龄19.57岁）（n = 101，g = 0.14，p < .001）以及内化症状（平均年龄19.76岁）（n = 58，g = 0.19，p < .001）相关。调节因素分析表明，效应量在社会经济地位群体、文化、后代年龄、儿童性别和研究设计等方面大致相等，但可能因父母性别和报告信息提供者的不同而有所差异。文中还讨论了干预措施的意义及未来研究方向。
