Tang Peiqi,Li Liyuan,Guo Yuxuan,Li Juexi,Yang Ting,Pu Ting,Zuo Haixi,Zhou Bo,Relationship between negative parenting styles and adolescent depressive symptoms： a structural equation modeling approach to multiple mediation pathways[J].SICHUAN MENTAL HEALTH,2025,(5):442-449

Relationship between negative parenting styles and adolescent depressive symptoms： a structural equation modeling approach to multiple mediation pathways

DOI：10.11886/scjsws20250323001

English keywords:Parenting styles Social support Psychological resilience Depression Adolescents

Fund projects:四川省卫生健康委员会科技项目（项目名称：以思维反刍和炎症为中介的童年创伤对青少年抑郁症的影响因素模型研究，项目编号：24LCYJPT18）

Author Name	Affiliation	Postcode
Tang Peiqi	Southwest Medical University Clinical Medical College, Luzhou 646000, China	646000
Li Liyuan	Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Sichuan Center of Mental Health, Chengdu 610072, China	610072
Guo Yuxuan	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China	611731
Li Juexi	Southwest Medical University Clinical Medical College, Luzhou 646000, China	646000
Yang Ting	Southwest Medical University Clinical Medical College, Luzhou 646000, China	646000
Pu Ting	Southwest Medical University Clinical Medical College, Luzhou 646000, China	646000
Zuo Haixi	North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, China	637000
Zhou Bo^*	Southwest Medical University Clinical Medical College, Luzhou 646000, China Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Sichuan Center of Mental Health, Chengdu 610072, China	610072

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Background The distressingly high prevalence of depressive symptoms among adolescents exerts profound impacts on their physical and psychological development， urgently necessitating effective preventive interventions. Existing studies， however， have predominantly focused on isolated risk factors， neglecting to construct an integrated model that systematically disentangles the intricate relationships linking parenting styles， learning burnout， and childhood trauma to adolescent depressive symptoms. Moreover， the potential protective roles of social support and psychological resilience in this context remain insufficiently elucidated.Objective To construct a structural equation model encompassing multiple pathways to unravel the comprehensive mechanisms through which negative parenting styles， childhood trauma， learning burnout， psychological resilience， and social support collectively influence adolescent depressive symptoms， thereby providing evidence-based intervention strategies.Methods A stratified sampling technique was utilized to recruit 5 865 students from 12 middle schools in Chengdu City， Sichuan Province from March to May 2022. Participants were assessed using the following validated instruments： the Short-form Egna Minnen av Barndoms Uppfostran （s-EMBU）， the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form （CTQ-SF）， the Adolescent Student Burnout Inventory， the Patients' Health Questionnaire Depression Scale-9 item （PHQ-9）， the Social Support Rating Scale （SSRS），and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale （CD-RISC）. A partial least squares structural equation modeling （PLS-SEM） approach was employed to construct a predictive framework examining the complex network of pathways through which negative parenting styles， childhood trauma， learning burnout， psychological resilience，and social support collectively influence depressive symptoms in adolescents.Results The PHQ-9 scores demonstrated significant positive correlations with the scores on s-EMBU overprotection subscale （r=0.272， P<0.01）， s-EMBU rejection subscale （r=0.368， P<0.01）， CTQ-SF （r=0.288， P<0.01） and Adolescent Student Burnout Inventory （r=0.587， P<0.01）. Conversely， significant negative correlations were observed between PHQ-9 scores and both SSRS （r=-0.532， P<0.01） and CD-RISC scores （r=-0.418， P<0.01）. Negative parenting styles （β=0.113， 95% CI： 0.087-0.138） and learning burnout （β=0.339， 95% CI： 0.315-0.364） emerged as significant positive predictors of depressive symptoms， with childhood trauma mediating the relationship between negative parenting styles and depressive symptoms （effect size=0.018， 95% CI： 0.013-0.024）. Social support servesed as a mediating pathway between negative parenting styles and depressive symptoms （β=0.080， 95% CI： 0.069-0.092）， as well as between negative parenting styles and childhood trauma （β=0.041， 95% CI： 0.032-0.050）. It also functioned as an intermediary pathway linking learning burnout to depressive symptoms （β=0.092， 95% CI： 0.081-0.104） and connecting learning burnout with childhood trauma （β=0.048， 95% CI： 0.037-0.058）. Additionally， psychological resilience serveed as a mediating pathway between negative parenting styles and depressive symptoms （β=0.004， 95% CI： 0.002-0.007）， between learning burnout and depressive symptoms （β=0.037， 95% CI： 0.023-0.052）， and between childhood trauma and depressive symptoms （β=0.003， 95% CI： 0.001-0.006）.Conclusion Learning burnout exerts a direct effect on adolescent depressive symptoms. Negative parenting styles influence depressive symptoms both directly and indirectly through childhood trauma. Furthermore， social support and psychological resilience serve as mediator linking negative parenting styles and learning burnout to depressive symptoms in adolescents. ［Funded by Science and Technology Project of the Health Commission of Sichuan Province （number， 24LCYJPT18）］

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