Zhou Shuying, Kwan Chi Kin, Ai Yueyue, Ma Ying
Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China.
Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Front Psychol. 2025 Aug 14;16:1595515. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1595515. eCollection 2025.
Existing research indicates that parental psychological distress correlates with adverse psychological outcomes in adolescents. Nevertheless, limited studies have delved into the mechanisms underpinning this relationship.
This study aimed to examine whether the link between parental psychological distress and adolescent psychological distress is mediated by the family emotional climate, as well as adolescents' mindfulness and self-compassion.
The study sample consisted of 348 parent-adolescent dyads. Adolescents (57.5% female) had a mean age of 14.21 years (SD = 1.74, age range: 12-18 years). Parents reported their psychological distress, while adolescents completed measures of family emotional climate, mindfulness, self-compassion, and psychological distress.
The results indicated that parents' psychological distress was indirectly linked to adolescents' psychological distress via the family emotional climate, adolescent mindfulness, and self-compassion. Furthermore, the path models were found to be invariant across different age stages and sexes of adolescents.
Mindfulness and self-compassion appear to develop within a family emotional environment marked by care and harmony. These two personal resources, in conjunction with parents' psychological distress, are associated with adolescents' psychological distress.
现有研究表明，父母的心理困扰与青少年不良心理结果相关。然而，深入探究这种关系背后机制的研究有限。
本研究旨在检验父母心理困扰与青少年心理困扰之间的联系是否通过家庭情感氛围、青少年的正念和自我同情来介导。
研究样本包括348对亲子二元组。青少年（57.5%为女性）平均年龄为14.21岁（标准差=1.74，年龄范围：12 - 18岁）。父母报告自己的心理困扰，而青少年完成家庭情感氛围、正念、自我同情和心理困扰的测量。
结果表明，父母的心理困扰通过家庭情感氛围、青少年正念和自我同情与青少年的心理困扰间接相关。此外，路径模型在青少年的不同年龄阶段和性别中具有不变性。
正念和自我同情似乎在以关爱与和谐为特征的家庭情感环境中发展。这两种个人资源，连同父母的心理困扰，与青少年的心理困扰相关。
