The Effect of Interparental Conflict on Depressive Symptoms of Children and Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model

Abstract

Abstract: Based on questionnaire method, the present study was conducted among 2823 primary and junior school students in Shanxi and Henan provinces to explore the mechanism of the relationship between interparental conflict and depressive symptoms. The results showed that: 1) interparental conflict, parent-child relationship, self-esteem were significantly correlated with depressive symptoms; 2) interparental conflict was positively predicted depressive symptoms in which the parent-child relationship played a mediating role; 3) self-esteem moderated the first half and second half of the mediation process in which interparental conflict affected depression symptoms through parent-child relationship.

Key words: interparental conflict, depressive symptoms, parent-child relationship, self-esteem, children and adolescent

摘要： 采用方便取样法选取山西、河南两省的2823名中小学生为被试，使用问卷法考察父母冲突与儿童青少年抑郁情绪之间的关系及机制。结果表明：（1）父母冲突、亲子关系、自尊均与抑郁呈显著相关；（2）父母冲突可以正向预测抑郁，亲子关系在其中起部分中介作用；（3）父母冲突影响抑郁的有调节的中介模型成立，其中自尊在前半段和后半段路径中均起调节作用，但作用有所不同。

关键词: 父母冲突, 抑郁情绪, 亲子关系, 自尊, 儿童青少年

CLC Number:

B844

LU Furong, SONG Yujing, LIU Lupei, FANG Xuanzhi. The Effect of Interparental Conflict on Depressive Symptoms of Children and Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2020, 18(6): 770-776.

卢富荣, 宋煜静, 刘路培, 方选智. 父母冲突对儿童青少年抑郁情绪的影响：有调节的中介模型[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2020, 18(6): 770-776.

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