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Deng C, Li D, Li Y, Liu Y, Zhang J, Huang P, Zhai B. Reciprocal relationships among parental psychological control, emotion regulation ability, and subjective well-being of adolescents: Disentangling between- and within-person effects. J Affect Disord 2024; 361:546-555. [PMID: 38925309 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.06.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 06/06/2024] [Accepted: 06/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND Although research has demonstrated that parental psychological control is associated with the subjective well-being of adolescents, the lack of longitudinal studies that investigate whether or not bidirectional associations exist between the two and their potential mediating mechanisms has continued to date. In addition, previous studies have not rigorously distinguished between- and within-person effects. Thus, this study investigated longitudinal bidirectional associations between parental psychological control and the subjective well-being of adolescents. The study further examined the mediating role of emotion regulation ability. METHODS A total of 1365 Chinese adolescents (boys: 53.2 %; Mage = 14.68 years, SD = 1.56) participated in a three-wave longitudinal study with annual assessments. Random intercept cross-lagged panel models were utilized to separate between- and within-person variation. RESULTS After controlling for between-person variance, the results revealed that adolescents with low levels of subjective well-being reported high levels of parental psychological control after one year. Emotion regulation ability played a bidirectional mediating role in the relationship between psychological control and subjective well-being. That is, psychological control and subjective well-being mutually influenced each other through emotion regulation ability. LIMITATIONS Assessments of the key study variables were provided by adolescents. Moreover, the study considered a combination of the mothers' and fathers' use of psychological control without differentiating between paternal and maternal psychological control. CONCLUSIONS The findings highlight the importance of interventions that target emotion regulation ability, which contributes to breaking the negative cycle between controlling parenting and the well-being of adolescents.
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- Chaoqiong Deng
- School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China.
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- Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300000, China
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- School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100101, China
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- School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- Center on Aging Psychology, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Zhang W, Li Y, Li L, Hinshaw S, Lin X. Vicious cycle of emotion regulation and ODD symptoms among Chinese school-age children with ODD: a random intercept cross-lagged panel model. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 2023; 17:47. [PMID: 37016426 PMCID: PMC10074899 DOI: 10.1186/s13034-023-00579-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/06/2023] Open
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A strong link between children's emotion regulation and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms has been documented; however, the within-person mechanisms remain unclear. Based on the self-control theory and self-regulation theory, our study investigated the longitudinal, bidirectional relationship between emotion regulation and ODD symptoms in school-age children with ODD using parent- and teacher-reported data, respectively. A total of 256 Chinese elementary school students participated in a three-wave longitudinal study spanning two years. We used the random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) to investigate the concurrent and longitudinal associations between emotion regulation and ODD symptoms. Results from the RI-CLPMs revealed that ODD symptoms were negatively correlated with emotion regulation and positively correlated with emotion lability/negativity at both the between-person and within-person levels across settings. Additionally, in the school setting, emotion regulation negatively predicted subsequent ODD symptoms but not vice versa, whereas emotion lability/negativity was bidirectionally associated with ODD symptoms over time. The longitudinal associations of ODD symptoms with emotion regulation and lability/negativity were not observed in the home setting. These findings suggest a circular mechanism between children's emotion regulation and ODD symptoms and support the view that emotion regulation, particularly emotion lability/negativity, plays an important role in the development of ODD symptoms.
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- Wenrui Zhang
- Institute of Developmental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Department of Psychology, College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Institute of Developmental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
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Baldwin JR, Wang B, Karwatowska L, Schoeler T, Tsaligopoulou A, Munafò MR, Pingault JB. Childhood Maltreatment and Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Quasi-Experimental Studies. Am J Psychiatry 2023; 180:117-126. [PMID: 36628513 PMCID: PMC7614155 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20220174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Childhood maltreatment is associated with mental health problems, but the extent to which this relationship is causal remains unclear. To strengthen causal inference, the authors conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of quasi-experimental studies examining the relationship between childhood maltreatment and mental health problems. METHODS A search of PubMed, PsycINFO, and Embase was conducted for peer-reviewed, English-language articles from database inception until January 1, 2022. Studies were included if they examined the association between childhood maltreatment and mental health problems using a quasi-experimental method (e.g., twin/sibling differences design, children of twins design, adoption design, fixed-effects design, random-intercept cross-lagged panel model, natural experiment, propensity score matching, or inverse probability weighting). RESULTS Thirty-four quasi-experimental studies were identified, comprising 54,646 independent participants. Before quasi-experimental adjustment for confounding, childhood maltreatment was moderately associated with mental health problems (Cohen's d=0.56, 95% CI=0.41, 0.71). After quasi-experimental adjustment, a small association between childhood maltreatment and mental health problems remained (Cohen's d=0.31, 95% CI=0.24, 0.37). This adjusted association between childhood maltreatment and mental health was consistent across different quasi-experimental methods, and generalized across different psychiatric disorders. CONCLUSIONS These findings are consistent with a small, causal contribution of childhood maltreatment to mental health problems. Furthermore, the findings suggest that part of the overall risk of mental health problems in individuals exposed to maltreatment is due to wider genetic and environmental risk factors. Therefore, preventing childhood maltreatment and addressing wider psychiatric risk factors in individuals exposed to maltreatment could help to prevent psychopathology.
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- Jessie R Baldwin
- Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (Baldwin, Wang, Schoeler, Tsaligopoulou, Pingault); Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London (Baldwin, Pingault); Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (Karwatowska); Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland (Schoeler); Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. (Tsaligopoulou); MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K. (Munafò)
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- Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (Baldwin, Wang, Schoeler, Tsaligopoulou, Pingault); Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London (Baldwin, Pingault); Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (Karwatowska); Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland (Schoeler); Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. (Tsaligopoulou); MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K. (Munafò)
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- Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (Baldwin, Wang, Schoeler, Tsaligopoulou, Pingault); Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London (Baldwin, Pingault); Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (Karwatowska); Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland (Schoeler); Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. (Tsaligopoulou); MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K. (Munafò)
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- Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (Baldwin, Wang, Schoeler, Tsaligopoulou, Pingault); Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London (Baldwin, Pingault); Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (Karwatowska); Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland (Schoeler); Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. (Tsaligopoulou); MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K. (Munafò)
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- Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (Baldwin, Wang, Schoeler, Tsaligopoulou, Pingault); Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London (Baldwin, Pingault); Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (Karwatowska); Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland (Schoeler); Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. (Tsaligopoulou); MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K. (Munafò)
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- Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (Baldwin, Wang, Schoeler, Tsaligopoulou, Pingault); Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London (Baldwin, Pingault); Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (Karwatowska); Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland (Schoeler); Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. (Tsaligopoulou); MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K. (Munafò)
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- Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (Baldwin, Wang, Schoeler, Tsaligopoulou, Pingault); Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London (Baldwin, Pingault); Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (Karwatowska); Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland (Schoeler); Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. (Tsaligopoulou); MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K. (Munafò)
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Xu X, Huebner ES, Tian L. Mother-child cohesion, friendship quality, and depressive symptoms in children: Direct and indirect associations between developmental trajectories. J Affect Disord 2023; 320:413-420. [PMID: 36202299 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mother-child cohesion and friendship quality have been shown to be protective factors against the development of children's depressive symptoms. However, the possible direct and indirect pathways from these two important interpersonal relationships to children's depressive symptoms need to be further elucidated. Moreover, these associations have not been examined from a developmental perspective. Therefore, this study examined the direct and indirect relations among developmental trajectories of mother-child cohesion, friendship quality, and depressive symptoms in children. METHODS A total of 4078 Chinese children (45.2 % girls, Mage = 9.90 years, SD = 0.73) participated in assessments at five time points across 2.5 years, employing six-month intervals. Latent growth curve modeling was conducted to examine the direct and indirect relations among the developmental trajectories of mother-child cohesion, friendship quality, and depressive symptoms. RESULTS The developmental trajectories of both mother-child cohesion and friendship quality were negatively and directly associated with the developmental trajectory of children's depressive symptoms. The developmental trajectory of friendship quality was indirectly associated with the developmental trajectory of depressive symptoms through the mediating role of mother-child cohesion. LIMITATIONS This study did not investigate father-child cohesion and other important psychological mechanisms linking interpersonal relationships to depressive symptoms. CONCLUSIONS The findings documented the direct and indirect relations among mother-child cohesion, friendship quality, and depressive symptoms from a developmental perspective, which suggested that prevention and intervention efforts target improving mother-child cohesion and friendship quality to reduce children's depressive symptoms.
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- Xiaofeng Xu
- Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, People's Republic of China; School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, People's Republic of China.
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