Association between maternal job burnout and adolescent depression: the chain mediating effect of maternal depression and parenting style.
10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2208026
- Author:
Yu-Ting LI
1
;
Ying-Yan ZHONG
1
;
Jian-Hua CHEN
1
;
Xin-Xin HUANG
1
;
En-Zhao CONG
1
;
Yi-Feng XU
1
Author Information
1. Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine/National Medical Center for Mental Disorders, Shanghai 200030, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Adolescent;
Depression;
Job burnout;
Parenting style
- MeSH:
Child;
Adolescent;
Humans;
Cross-Sectional Studies;
Depression/etiology*;
Parenting;
China;
Burnout, Psychological
- From:
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
2023;25(2):186-192
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:To investigate the association between maternal job burnout and adolescent depression and the mediating effect of maternal depression and parenting style.
METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted. The cluster random sampling method was used to select 2 572 adolescents from 7 middle schools in Shanghai, China, from April to May, 2021. A survey was performed for these adolescents and their mothers. The research tools included a general information questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, short-form of Egna Minnen av Barndoms Uppfostran, and Children's Depression Inventory. A structural equation model was established, and the Bootstrap method was used to investigate the mediating effect.
RESULTS:The detection rate of depressive symptoms was 12.71% (327/2 572) among the adolescents. The scores of maternal job burnout, maternal depression, and negative parenting style were positively correlated with the score of adolescent depression (P<0.05), and the score of positive parenting style was negatively correlated with the score of adolescent depression (P<0.05). Maternal depression and parenting style played a mediating role between maternal job burnout and adolescent depression, including the individual mediating effect of maternal depression, the individual mediating effect of positive parenting style, and the chain mediating effect of maternal depression-negative/positive parenting style.
CONCLUSIONS:Maternal job burnout may affect adolescent depression through the mediating effect of depression, parenting style, and depression-parenting style, suggesting that the symptoms of adolescent depression can be reduced by alleviating maternal job burnout, improving maternal depression, increasing positive parenting behaviors, and reducing negative parenting behaviors.
