Reciprocal relationships between depressive symptoms and peer attachment in Chinese adolescents: The influence of early parental harsh discipline

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107349

Xiaopei Xing , Yunqing Ma , Meifang Wang

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Abstract

Background

Despite high social acceptance and prevalence of harsh discipline in China, its long-term cascading effects on adolescent emotional/interpersonal challenges remain unclear.

Objective

This study examined whether peer attachment and depressive symptoms would be reciprocally related over time and how early harsh discipline influences these dynamics.

Participant and setting

Data was drawn from a longitudinal study over a 9-year period. Parental harsh discipline was reported by both parents at Grade 1–3 (N = 403), and depressive symptoms and peer attachment were reported by adolescents at Grade 7–9 (N = 651).

Methods

The random intercept cross-lagged panel model was used to assess the reciprocal association between adolescents' depressive symptoms and peer attachment. Furthermore, the predictive effects of early parental harsh discipline were examined.

Results

There was a significant association between adolescents' depressive symptoms and peer attachment at between-person level, and these two constructs were also predicted each other at within-person level expected for the path from peer attachment at Grade 7 to depressive symptoms at Grade 8. Paternal but not maternal early harsh discipline from Grade 1 to Grade 3 could drive the dynamic within-person relations between adolescents' depressive symptoms and peer attachment.

Conclusions

These findings reveal the antecedent or concurrent factors and their processes that account for early adolescents' depressive symptoms. Intervention targeted at reducing early parental harsh discipline and improving peer relationship quality may be beneficial for alleviating adolescents' depressive symptoms.

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中国青少年抑郁症状与同伴依恋的相互关系：父母早期严厉管教的影响

尽管中国社会对严厉管教的接受度很高，而且普遍存在，但其对青少年情感/人际挑战的长期连锁效应尚不清楚。目的探讨同伴依恋与抑郁症状是否会随着时间的推移而相互关联，以及早期严厉管教如何影响这些动态。参与者和环境数据来自一项为期9年的纵向研究。1-3年级的青少年父母双方均报告父母严厉管教（N = 403）， 7-9年级的青少年报告抑郁症状和同伴依恋（N = 651）。方法采用随机截距交叉滞后面板模型，评估青少年抑郁症状与同伴依恋的相互关系。此外，我们还研究了早期父母严厉管教的预测作用。结果青少年抑郁症状与同伴依恋在人际水平上存在显著的相关关系，而这两个构念在人际水平上也相互预测了同伴依恋从7年级到8年级抑郁症状的路径。一年级至三年级的早期严厉管教可以驱动青少年抑郁症状与同伴依恋之间的动态人际关系。结论揭示了青少年早期抑郁症状的前因或并发因素及其过程。以减少父母早期严厉管教和改善同伴关系质量为目标的干预可能有利于缓解青少年的抑郁症状。

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Child Abuse & Neglect Multiple-

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397

期刊介绍： Official Publication of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect The International Journal, provides an international, multidisciplinary forum on all aspects of child abuse and neglect, with special emphasis on prevention and treatment; the scope extends further to all those aspects of life which either favor or hinder child development. While contributions will primarily be from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, medicine, nursing, law enforcement, legislature, education, and anthropology, the Journal encourages the concerned lay individual and child-oriented advocate organizations to contribute.