Parental warmth, COVID-19 peritraumatic distress, and emotional problems among Chinese adolescents: A cross-lagged panel study.

IF 2.3 2区心理学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2025-06-02 DOI:10.1037/fam0001361

Tong Xiao, Xun Zhu, Qing Zeng, Ying Peng, Minqiang Zhang

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Abstract

It is well-established that parenting plays a crucial role in shaping the mental health of adolescents. This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal association between adolescents' perceived parental warmth, COVID-19 peritraumatic distress, and emotional problems. Participants were recruited from schools in Zhuhai, Xinyang, and Ningxiang. A total of 579 adolescents (55.4% girls, M_age = 12.83; SD_age = 0.76) took part in this three-wave study conducted in January 2023 (Time 1), March 2023 (Time 2), and May 2023 (Time 3), with each wave being 2 months apart. The results from the cross-lagged panel model supported significant bidirectional relations between emotional problems and COVID-19 peritraumatic distress. In addition, the influence of maternal or paternal warmth on subsequent emotional problems was not statistically significant. The COVID-19 peritraumatic distress at Time 2 mediated the longitudinal effect of emotional problems at Time 1 on paternal warmth at Time 3. Nevertheless, COVID-19 peritraumatic distress did not significantly influence subsequent maternal warmth. These findings contribute to our understanding of the varying responses to adolescents' stress across parental gender. Furthermore, they imply potential strategies to protect the healthy development of adolescents. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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父母温暖、COVID-19创伤后应激和中国青少年的情绪问题：一项交叉滞后的面板研究

众所周知，父母在塑造青少年的心理健康方面起着至关重要的作用。本研究旨在探讨青少年感知的父母温暖、COVID-19创伤后应激和情绪问题之间的纵向关联。参与者分别来自珠海、信阳和宁乡的学校。共579名青少年(55.4%为女孩，法师= 12.83；SDage = 0.76)参加了于2023年1月（时间1）、2023年3月（时间2）和2023年5月（时间3）进行的三波研究，每波间隔2个月。交叉滞后面板模型的结果支持情绪问题与COVID-19创伤后应激之间存在显著的双向关系。此外，母亲或父亲的温暖对随后的情绪问题的影响没有统计学意义。时间2的COVID-19创伤后应激介导了时间1情绪问题对时间3父亲温暖的纵向影响。然而，COVID-19创伤周围窘迫对随后的产妇体温没有显著影响。这些发现有助于我们理解父母性别对青少年压力的不同反应。此外，它们还暗示了保护青少年健康发展的潜在策略。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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Journal of Family Psychology Multiple-

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

3.70%

发文量

200

期刊介绍： Journal of Family Psychology offers cutting-edge, groundbreaking, state-of-the-art, and innovative empirical research with real-world applicability in the field of family psychology. This premiere family research journal is devoted to the study of the family system, broadly defined, from multiple perspectives and to the application of psychological methods to advance knowledge related to family research, patterns and processes, and assessment and intervention, as well as to policies relevant to advancing the quality of life for families.