Wang Chaolian, Shi Heng, Li Geng
Center for Textbook Compilation and Translation of Xizang Autonomous Region, Lhasa, China.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xizang Autonomous Region, Lhasa, China.
Front Psychiatry. 2024 Jan 9;14:1329248. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1329248. eCollection 2023.
Depression is one of the most common and prevalent mental disorders, and college students are a high-risk group for depression. Helicopter parenting plays an important role in depression, but the mechanism is still ambiguous. Therefore, this study investigates the specific impact and mechanism of helicopter parenting on college students' depression.
Employing a questionnaire-based approach, we assessed the relationship between helicopter parenting, Physical self-esteem, and depression. The questionnaire comprised three scales: the Helicopter Parenting Scale, Physical Self-Esteem Scale, and Self-Rating Depression Scale. The study sample included 539 university (average age 18.84 ± 1.1 years; 184 males and 355 females).
Helicopter parenting demonstrated significant negative predict with physical self-esteem ( = -0.75, < 0.001), and positive predict depression ( = 0.33, < 0.001). Helicopter parenting impacts depression among college students through two channels: solely via physical self-esteem (mediating effect value: 0.66), and through direct influence (effect value: 0.64).
The insights from this study address the two pivotal questions about "why" and "how" helicopter parenting influences depression in college students, offering recommendations for managing depressive moods among college students.
抑郁症是最常见且普遍的精神障碍之一，大学生是抑郁症的高危群体。直升机式育儿方式在抑郁症中起着重要作用，但其机制仍不明确。因此，本研究探讨直升机式育儿方式对大学生抑郁症的具体影响及机制。
采用问卷调查法，我们评估了直升机式育儿方式、身体自尊和抑郁症之间的关系。问卷包括三个量表：直升机式育儿方式量表、身体自尊量表和自评抑郁量表。研究样本包括539名大学生（平均年龄18.84±1.1岁；男性184名，女性355名）。
直升机式育儿方式对身体自尊有显著的负向预测作用（β = -0.75，p < 0.001），对抑郁症有正向预测作用（β = 0.33，p < 0.001）。直升机式育儿方式通过两个途径影响大学生的抑郁症：仅通过身体自尊（中介效应值：0.66），以及通过直接影响（效应值：0.64）。
本研究的见解回答了关于直升机式育儿方式如何以及为何影响大学生抑郁症的两个关键问题，为管理大学生的抑郁情绪提供了建议。
