Mediating effect of parental hostile attribution bias on depression and anxiety between parents and children
10.19485/j.cnki.issn2096-5087.2024.06.005
- Author:
SHEN Lianxiang
;
MAO Wenjuan
;
WANG Yongguang
;
SHEN Zhihua
;
GAN Junyi
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
depression;
anxiety;
hostile attribution bias;
social cognition;
children;
parents
- From:
Journal of Preventive Medicine
2024;36(6):479-482
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the mediating effect of parental hostile attribution bias on depression and anxiety between parents and children, so as to provide the reference for the promotion of children's mental health.
Methods:Students of grades 2-6 in two public primary schools in Linping District, Hangzhou City and their parents were investigated using stratified sampling method in November 2022. Emotions of children were surveyed using Depression Self-Rating Scale for Child (DSRSC) and Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED), while emotions and hostile attribution bias of parents were surveyed using Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Social Cognitive Screening Questionnaire (SCSQ). Mediating effect of parental hostile attribution bias on depression and anxiety between parents and children was analyzed using a structural equation model.
Results:Totally 300 questionnaires were allocated, and 263 valid questionnaires were recovered, with an effective rate of 87.67%. There were 137 boys (52.09%), and 126 girls (47.91%), with a mean age of (9.95±1.44) years. There were 69 fathers and 194 mothers investigated. The prevalence of depression among parents was 27.00%, the prevalence of anxiety among parents was 4.18%, and the median score of hostile attribution bias was 1.00 (interquartile range, 2.00). The prevalence of depression among children was 11.03%, and the prevalence of anxiety among children was 29.66%. Parents' depression and anxiety affected children's depression and anxiety directly (effect value=0.270, 95%CI: 0.131-0.436), and also indirectly affected children's depression and anxiety by increasing their hostile attribution bias (effect value=0.028, 95%CI: 0.004-0.082), with the mediating effect contributed 9.40% of the total effect.
Conclusion:Parents' depression and anxiety affect children's depression and anxiety directly or indirectly through hostile attribution bias.
- Full text:202407250903375789父母敌意归因偏差在父母与儿童抑郁、焦虑情绪间的中介效应分析.pdf
