Relationship Between Parenting Style and Depression of Elementary School Students: The Chain Mediating Effect of Social Support and Resilience

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2026.05.007

Abstract

Abstract: To explore the relationship between parenting style and depression of elementary school students and the chain mediating effect of social support and resilience of elementary school students, CES-D(Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale), Resilience Scale, Social Support Rating Scale, and EMBU(Egma Minnen av Bardndosnauppforstran) were used to investigate 3425 elementary school students. The results showed that: 1) Positive parenting styles had significant positive correlation with social support and resilience of elementary school students, and had significant negative correlation with depression of elementary school students; on the contrary, negative parenting styles had significant negative correlation with social support and resilience of elementary school students, and had significant positive correlation with depression of elementary school students. 2) Positive parenting styles and negative parenting styles had an impact on the depression of elementary school students through individual mediating effects of social support and resilience of elementary school students as well as through chain mediating effects of social support and resilience of elementary school students. This study clarifies the influence mechanism of parenting style on the depression of elementary school students and provides effective path for prevention and intervention of depression of elementary school students.

Key words: parenting style, depression, social support, resilience, elementary school students

摘要： 为探讨父母教养方式与小学生抑郁水平的关系以及小学生社会支持和心理韧性在其中的链式中介作用，采用流调中心抑郁量表、青少年心理韧性量表、社会支持评定量表、父母养育方式评价量表对3425名四年级、五年级和六年级小学生进行调查。结果发现：(1)父母积极教养方式与小学生社会支持和心理韧性呈显著正相关，与小学生抑郁水平之间呈显著负相关，相反地，父母消极教养方式与小学生社会支持和心理韧性呈显著负相关，与小学生抑郁水平呈显著正相关；(2)父母积极教养方式、消极教养方式可通过小学生社会支持和心理韧性的单独中介作用以及小学生社会支持和心理韧性的链式中介影响小学生的抑郁水平。本研究有助于厘清父母教养方式对小学生抑郁的影响机制，为小学生抑郁的预防和干预提供有效路径。

关键词: 父母教养方式, 抑郁, 社会支持, 心理韧性, 小学生

CLC Number:

B844

HOU Jing, LIU Hongyun. Relationship Between Parenting Style and Depression of Elementary School Students: The Chain Mediating Effect of Social Support and Resilience[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2026, 24(5): 624-631.

侯静, 刘红云. 父母教养方式与小学生抑郁的关系：社会支持和心理韧性的链式中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2026, 24(5): 624-631.

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