Hygiene and Preventive Medicine
Mediating effects of neurotic personality between parental rearing patterns and depressive symptom in middle-school students
Lu Chen, Fengchun Zhang, Hui Yin, Zuoming Zhang, Yuchun Tao, Ye Xu, Limin Wang, Yongqing Feng
Published 2018-03-20
Cite as Chin J Behav Med & Brain Sci, 2018, 27(3): 261-265. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2018.03.015
Abstract
ObjectiveTo investigate the mediating effects of neurotic personality between parental rearing patterns and depressive symptom.
MethodsUsing multistage sampling method, 982 town middle-school students were surveyed by the Symptom Checklist 90(SCL-90), the Egna Minnen av Barndoms Uppfostran(EMBU), the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ). Correlation and regression analysis, mediating effect test, and structural equation model were constructed.
Results①Depressive symptom(D) (1.73±0.72) was significantly associated with Neurotic personality(N) (51.50±11.37) and parental rearing patterns (r=-0.138-0.582, P<0.01). ②N, mother's rejection and deny(M3), father's emotional warmth and understanding(F1), father's over-protection(F6) had a direct effect on D, which can explain 41.6% of the variance. F1, F6, mother's over-interference and over-protection(M2), M3 had a direct effect on N, which can explain 15.3% of the variance. The mediating effect of N between F1, F6, M2 and D were significant(95%CI=-0.212--0.069, -0.351--0.233, 0.414-0.480). ③The explanation for D was 41.3%.N had completely mediating effect between M2 and depressive symptom.N had partial mediating effect between F1, F6 and D, and the proportion was 43.6% and 49.1%.
ConclusionNeurotic personality plays a mediating role between parental rearing patterns and depressive symptom in middle-school students.
Key words:
Middle-school student; Parental rearing patterns; Neurotic personality; Depressive symptom; Mediation effect
Contributor Information
Lu Chen
Health Education Department, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
Fengchun Zhang
Chinese pediatric Department, Second Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University Of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150001, China
Hui Yin
Health Education Department, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
Zuoming Zhang
Health Education Department, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
Yuchun Tao
Health Education Department, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
Ye Xu
Psychiatry Department, First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150007, China
Limin Wang
Health Education Department, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
Yongqing Feng
Health Education Department, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
