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Family Socioeconomic Status and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: A Moderated Mediation Model
- Source :
- Journal of Child and Family Studies. 30:2652-2663
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Low family socioeconomic status (SES) is linked with adolescents’ symptoms of depression, but little is known about the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this association. Based on ecosystem theory and the organism-environment interaction model, we tested whether emotional resilience mediated the relationship between family SES and depressive symptoms, and whether parent–child relationship quality moderated the relationship. Adolescents (N = 724) from one middle school in central China completed self-reported questionnaires regarding demographic variables, family SES, emotional resilience, parent–child relationship quality, and depressive symptoms. Regression-based mediation analysis indicated that emotional resilience mediated the association between family SES and depressive symptoms. Parent–child relationship quality moderated two components of this mediation process, namely the effects of low SES on both emotional resilience and depressive symptoms. In both cases, a high quality parent–child relationship ameliorated the adverse effects of low family SES. That is, adolescents with a higher quality relationship with their parent appeared to be less affected by low family SES. The study reveals how and when family SES may affect adolescents’ depressive symptoms, and highlights the protective effect of a high quality parent–child relationship in a low SES environment.
- Subjects :
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Central china
Affect (psychology)
Ecosystem theory
Moderated mediation
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Psychological resilience
Life-span and Life-course Studies
Psychology
Socioeconomic status
Depression (differential diagnoses)
Depressive symptoms
Clinical psychology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 15732843 and 10621024
- Volume :
- 30
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Child and Family Studies
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........5aaeb3076243efda7f48e044821859cf