Early adolescents’ perceptions of parenting practices and mental health problems: A network approach.

Florean, Ionuț Stelian; Dobrean, Anca; Román, Gabriela

doi:10.1037/fam0000919

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“…Contemporaneous networks in our study revealed how distinct maternal parenting practices were uniquely associated with adolescent mental health problems. For instance, the link between maternal monitoring and adolescent conduct problems served as the main pathways through which the two sets of constructs mutually influenced, which was consistent with the cross-sectional network result conducted in a different cultural context [ 23 ]. A previous structural equation model research also suggested that parental monitoring can have an impact on delinquent behavior both directly and indirectly through contacts with delinquent peers [ 58 ].…”

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“…So far, there are only two studies investigated the network of parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems. In one of the studies, monitoring behavior was the most influential node with high levels of centrality in the parenting network [ 23 ]. This study also showed the association of poor monitoring with conduct problems served as the primary pathway through which parenting behavior and adolescent mental health mutually influenced.…”

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“…In addition, CLPN divides node centrality into out-prediction (affecting other nodes) and in-prediction (being affected by other nodes), with nodes with high out-prediction centrality being more likely to influence the entire network and serving as potential intervention targets [ 27 ]. Given that parent practices and adolescent mental health problems are not just concurrently associated [ 23 , 24 ], but also longitudinally influenced each other [ 7 , 12 ]. Therefore, a longitudinal design using the CLPN is greatly needed to gain a better comprehension of the temporal relationships between distinct parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems.…”

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Network analysis of maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems: a longitudinal study

Sun,

Yuan,

Chen

et al. 2024

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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Background An extensive literature has shown a strong connection between maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems. However, it has been difficult for previous research to map a dynamic concurrent and prospective relationships within and between types of parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems. The present study addressed these issues using a network analysis approach and a longitudinal design. Methods This study involved 591 Chinese adolescents (249 males; mean age at T1 = 13.53) and their mothers (mean age at T1 = 39.71) at two time points (T1 and T2) with eighteen months apart. Mothers reported their parenting practices including warmth, monitoring, inductive reasoning, hostility, and harshness, while adolescents reported their mental health problems including anxiety, depression, aggression, and conduct problems. Network analysis was conducted for contemporaneous networks at T1 and T2 and temporal networks from T1 to T2. Results The contemporaneous networks revealed the negative association between monitoring and conduct problems served as the main pathway through which parenting practices and adolescent mental health mutually influenced each other, and further, warmth was the most influential parenting practice on adolescent mental health. The temporal network revealed that maternal hostility exerted the most influence on adolescent mental health problems, whereas adolescents’ depression was most influenced by maternal parenting practices. Moreover, maternal hostility was most predicted by maternal harshness. Conclusions This study presents a novel perspective to gain a better understanding of the dynamics between and within maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems. Findings highlight maternal harshness and warmth as potential prevention and intervention targets for adolescent mental health problems.

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Network analysis of maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems: a longitudinal study

Sun,

Yuan,

Chen

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Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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“…A study suggested that rural parents had poorer parenting resources and reported higher levels of negative parenting (i.e., indicated by high levels of negative control, hostility, and rejection) [ 46 ]. Hence, poorer access to mental support services, as well as more negative parenting, may hinder the healthy development of rural adolescents and contribute to the occurrence of depression [ 47 , 48 ].…”

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Comparing Depression Prevalence and Associated Symptoms with Intolerance of Uncertainty among Chinese Urban and Rural Adolescents: A Network Analysis

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Feng-qin

Sun

et al. 2023

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The prevalence of depression among adolescents is increasing, which can hinder their healthy development and is intricately linked to the intolerance of uncertainty (IU). IU involves both prospective anxiety and inhibitory anxiety. However, the precise relationship between depressive symptoms and these two components of IU remains unclear, particularly when considering the specific context of rural adolescents in China. A total of 1488 adolescents (male, 848; Meanage = 20, SDage = 1.51, age range from 16 to 24) in China were recruited and divided into urban adolescents (N = 439) and rural adolescents (N = 1049) groups. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-12 were utilized to measure depression and IU. The symptom network approach and the flow network approach were employed. The prevalence of depression was significantly higher (χ2 = 4.09, p = 0.04) among rural adolescents (N = 419, 40.1%) than urban adolescents (N = 152, 34.8%). The node strength of “motor” demonstrated some discrepancy between rural and urban adolescents, while there was no notable disparity in the global strength and structure of the network between the two groups. However, rural adolescents exhibited a significantly higher global strength in the flow network (including depression and IU) than their urban counterparts. In the flow networks of rural adolescents, “guilt” was directly associated with prospective and inhibitory anxiety. These findings highlight the urgent need for interventions that enhance the ability of rural adolescents to cope with uncertainty and prevent their depressive symptoms more effectively.

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“…Finally, future studies should consider the use of multiple informants to assess parental and child variables. Until now, studies that assessed the interaction of parental and child variables using network analysis used either child (e.g., Florean et al, 2022b ) or parent report. However, it has been argued that the perspective on child and parental variables could differ between parents and children (Florean et al, 2022a ).…”

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Parental stress and child mental health: a network analysis of Romanian parents

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Parental stress is related to child mental health problems, with numerous evidence indicating that it is an important predictor of parenting and parent-child relationship. New approaches to psychopathology could be particularly informative for clinical research, however, there is limited research that employs network analysis with parents. Network analysis could contribute to a better understanding of the relationship between child mental health problems and parental stress by highlighting the most central nodes and how the two constructs influence each other. The scope of the study was to identify potential new intervention targets to reduce the mental health problems of children and prevent contagion between parent stress and child psychopathology. Furthermore, we also sought to test whether the dynamic between parental stress and child psychopathology differs across the level of parent stress and child total difficulties. In this endeavor, we had three main directions. First, we estimated a network at the level of child mental health problems and identified the most central nodes. Second, we mapped the main paths through which parent stress and child mental health problems communicate with each other. Third, we investigated the network invariance across the level of parent stress (high vs moderate) and child mental health problems (low vs. high total difficulties). Participants ( N = 1014) were parents of children with ages between four and 17 years old. The analyses were conducted in RStudio. Results indicated that perceived coping was a central node, bridging the two constructs. The global strength of the network was higher for parents who reported high levels of stress compared to those who reported only moderate levels of stress. In contrast, we found that the global strength of the network was lower for children with high levels of total difficulties compared to those with low levels of total difficulties. In conclusion, we argue the importance of focusing on the targeting nodes with high bridge centrality, such as perceived coping, for designing prevention and intervention programs. Future research should use temporal dynamics between parental stress and child mental health problems and explore mechanisms between the two constructs. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-022-03520-1.

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Early adolescents’ perceptions of parenting practices and mental health problems: A network approach.

Cited by 9 publications

References 52 publications

Network analysis of maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems: a longitudinal study

Network analysis of maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems: a longitudinal study

Comparing Depression Prevalence and Associated Symptoms with Intolerance of Uncertainty among Chinese Urban and Rural Adolescents: A Network Analysis

Parental stress and child mental health: a network analysis of Romanian parents

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