Liu Yan, Xiao Meiling, Tan Jialei, Peng Cong, Tan Qianbao
School of Education, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, China.
School of Education and Psychology, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, China.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2025 May 16. doi: 10.1007/s10578-025-01848-w.
This study aimed to elucidate the relationship between cumulative family risk and adolescents' depressive symptoms, and to investigate the mediating role of interpersonal trust through a longitudinal design. Participants were selected from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) project, with data collected in 2016 (T1) and 2018 (T2). A total of 785 adolescents participated in the study and completed questionnaires. (1) The cross-lagged model revealed that cumulative family risk positively predicted adolescents' depressive symptoms at both T1 and T2. (2) Cumulative family risk at T1 negatively predicted interpersonal trust at T2, which in turn negatively predicted depressive symptoms at T2. Thus, interpersonal trust at T2 served as a longitudinal mediator in the effect of cumulative family risk at T1 on depressive symptoms at T2. These results deepen our understanding of the mechanisms by which cumulative family risk influences depressive symptoms and offer strategies for mitigating depressive symptoms in adolescents.
本研究旨在阐明累积家庭风险与青少年抑郁症状之间的关系，并通过纵向设计调查人际信任的中介作用。参与者选自中国家庭追踪调查（CFPS）项目，数据于2016年（T1）和2018年（T2）收集。共有785名青少年参与了该研究并完成了问卷。（1）交叉滞后模型显示，累积家庭风险在T1和T2时均正向预测青少年的抑郁症状。（2）T1时的累积家庭风险负向预测T2时的人际信任，而人际信任又负向预测T2时的抑郁症状。因此，T2时的人际信任在T1时的累积家庭风险对T2时的抑郁症状的影响中起纵向中介作用。这些结果加深了我们对累积家庭风险影响抑郁症状机制的理解，并为减轻青少年抑郁症状提供了策略。
