Li Qiangqiang, Wei Shuwen, Liu Zixiao
School of Educational Science, Jiangsu Second Normal University, Nanjing, China.
Department of Social Work, School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.
Front Psychiatry. 2024 Aug 20;15:1458378. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1458378. eCollection 2024.
Adolescent mental health has been an issue of global concern, and the mental health of adolescents in economically disadvantaged areas may require additional research. The research delves into factors associated with economically disadvantaged areas' adolescent mental health, employing family systems theory, self-determination theory, and psychological reactance theory. Specifically, the present study which was done in Jingzhou country, an economically disadvantaged area of Hunan Province, China, aimed to examine the link between parental psychological control and adolescent mental health, as well as the mediating roles of psychological reactance and problematic smartphone use in this relationship.
A sample of 1300 Chinese middle school students (620 girls, mean age = 14.22 ± 1.29) completed self-reported measures of parental psychological control, psychological reactance, problematic smartphone use, and adolescent mental health.
Results showed that parental psychological control was negatively associated with adolescent mental health. Psychological reactance and problematic smartphone use mediated the association between parental psychological control and adolescent mental health, separately and serially.
The findings of the present study enrich the literature on parenting styles and adolescent mental health in economically disadvantaged areas, and this provides an intervention perspective to reduce the negative impact of poor parenting on adolescent mental health in economically disadvantaged areas.
青少年心理健康一直是全球关注的问题，经济欠发达地区青少年的心理健康可能需要更多研究。本研究运用家庭系统理论、自我决定理论和心理抗拒理论，深入探讨与经济欠发达地区青少年心理健康相关的因素。具体而言，本研究在中国湖南省经济欠发达地区的荆州区开展，旨在考察父母心理控制与青少年心理健康之间的联系，以及心理抗拒和问题智能手机使用在这一关系中的中介作用。
1300名中国中学生（620名女生，平均年龄=14.22±1.29岁）参与了研究，他们完成了关于父母心理控制、心理抗拒、问题智能手机使用和青少年心理健康的自我报告测量。
结果表明，父母心理控制与青少年心理健康呈负相关。心理抗拒和问题智能手机使用分别且依次中介了父母心理控制与青少年心理健康之间的关联。
本研究结果丰富了经济欠发达地区养育方式与青少年心理健康的文献，并为减少经济欠发达地区不良养育方式对青少年心理健康的负面影响提供了干预视角。
