Reciprocal Prospective Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Perceived Relationship With Parents in Early Adolescence
Reciprocal Prospective Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Perceived Relationship With Parents in Early Adolescence
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DOI：
10.1177/070674371305800307
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发表时间：
2013-03-01
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4
通讯作者：
Janosz, Michel
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作者：
Briere, Frederic N.;Archambault, Kim;Janosz, Michel
目的：青少年抑郁症状与困难的家庭关系有关。抑郁症的家庭系统和人际理论表明，这种关联可能反映了一个循环过程，其中症状和家庭功能随着时间的推移相互影响。很少有纵向研究检验了这一假设，而且这些研究的结果是模棱两可的。在这项研究中，我们研究了青春期早期抑郁症状与亲子关系的两个重要方面：沟通和冲突之间的相互前瞻性关联。方法：参与者为每年填写自我报告的 3862 名学生。路径分析用于检查 12 至 13 岁和 14 至 15 岁抑郁症状与感知的与父母的沟通和冲突之间的前瞻性关联。通过控制家庭背景（父母分居和家庭社会经济地位）和青少年行为问题（违法行为和物质使用）来评估这些关联的独立性。通过多组分析评估性别差异。结果：在抑郁症状和感知到的与父母的冲突之间发现了相互的前瞻性关联，但在抑郁症状和与父母的沟通之间却没有发现。研究发现，随着时间的推移，抑郁症状可以预测与父母的沟通较差，但沟通并不能预测随后几年抑郁症状的减轻。所有路径都是性别不变的，并且独立于家庭背景和行为问题。 结论：这项研究强调了考虑青少年症状对亲子关系的潜在影响的重要性，并表明互惠性可能是抑郁症状与亲子关系消极方面之间关联的特征。青少年认知在抑郁症状和家庭关系之间相互作用中的作用仍有待澄清。
Objective: Adolescent depressive symptoms are associated with difficult family relationships. Family systems and interpersonal theories of depression suggest that this association could reflect a circular process in which symptoms and family functioning affect each other over time. Few longitudinal studies have tested this hypothesis, and the results of these studies have been equivocal. In this study, we examine reciprocal prospective associations in early adolescence between depressive symptoms and 2 important aspects of parent child relationships: communication and conflict.Methods: Participants were 3862 students who annually filled out self-reports. Path analysis was used to examine prospective associations between depressive symptoms and perceived communication and conflict with parents from the age of 12 to 13 and 14 to 15 years. Independence of these associations was assessed by controlling for family context (parental separation and family socioeconomic status) and adolescent behaviour problems (delinquent behaviours and substance use). Sex differences were evaluated with multiple group analysis.Results: Reciprocal prospective associations were found between depressive symptoms and perceived conflict with parents, but not between depressive symptoms and communication with parents. Depressive symptoms were found to predict poorer communication with parents over time, but communication was not predictive of lower depressive symptoms in subsequent years. All paths were sex-invariant and independent from family context and behaviour problems.Conclusion: This study highlights the importance of considering the potential impact of adolescent symptomatology on parent child relationships and suggests that reciprocity may characterize the association between depressive symptoms and negative aspects of parent child relationships. The role of adolescent perceptions in the interplay between depressive symptoms and family relationships remains to be clarified.