Asian American Studies Program, University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education, University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
J Adolesc. 2023 Dec;95(8):1641-1652. doi: 10.1002/jad.12232. Epub 2023 Aug 15.
The present longitudinal study investigated parenting style as a precursor for Chinese adolescents' stress-related growth and mental health difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the mediating roles of intrapersonal resilience and interpersonal relationships (i.e., peer and parent-adolescent).
Chinese adolescents in a middle school (7th grade) and their parents in Beijing, China, were invited to complete a survey at two time points (T1: September 2020, T2: June 2021). A total of 206 adolescents (52.9% boys; M = 12.90 years, SD = 0.33) and parents (17.5% fathers, 82.4% mothers; M = 43.50 years, SD = 4.76 years) were included in this study.
Results showed that Chinese parents' authoritarian, not authoritative parenting, predicted adolescents' mental health difficulties nine months later. In addition, parent-adolescent relationships, but not peer relationships nor resilience, mediated the relations between parenting style and stress-related growth. Adolescents' resilience predicted fewer mental health difficulties.
It is important to target multiple ecologies (e.g., family) of adolescents for promoting positive adjustment.
本纵向研究调查了教养方式作为中国青少年在 COVID-19 大流行期间与压力相关的成长和心理健康困难的前兆,以及个体韧性和人际关系(即同伴和亲子关系)的中介作用。
本研究邀请了北京一所中学的青少年(七年级)及其父母在两个时间点(T1:2020 年 9 月,T2:2021 年 6 月)完成一项调查。共有 206 名青少年(52.9%为男生;M=12.90 岁,SD=0.33)和父母(17.5%为父亲,82.4%为母亲;M=43.50 岁,SD=4.76 岁)参与了这项研究。
研究结果表明,中国父母的专制而非权威教养方式预测了青少年九个月后心理健康困难的出现。此外,亲子关系,而不是同伴关系或韧性,中介了教养方式与压力相关成长之间的关系。青少年的韧性预测了较少的心理健康困难。
针对青少年的多个生态环境(如家庭)进行干预以促进积极调整是很重要的。