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Depressive and anxiety symptoms are mutually reinforced between adolescents and primary caregivers over time, with adolescents' symptoms predicting caregivers' subsequent symptoms and caregivers' anxiety predicting adolescents' subsequent symptoms. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

June 1, 2026Depression and AnxietyOpen Access

Bidirectional Associations Between Primary Caregivers’ and Adolescents’ Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms: An Intergenerational Actor–Partner Interdependence Model Analysis

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HHHao HouWuhan University DLDan LuoWuhan University SZShuzhen ZhuHubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention

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Randomized trial examines intergenerational dynamics of depressive and anxiety symptoms in families, suggesting a need for family-centered interventions.

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To investigate the bidirectional and transactional dynamics of depressive and anxiety symptoms between primary caregivers and adolescents.
Analyzed 1414 caregiver-adolescent dyads using two waves of surveys between 2021 and 2022.
Applied the actor-partner interdependence model to assess associations.
Conducted multiple-group comparison tests to evaluate gender moderating effects.
Adolescents’ depressive and anxiety symptoms significantly predicted subsequent symptoms in their caregivers.
Only caregivers’ anxiety symptoms predicted adolescents’ depressive and anxiety symptoms.
No significant moderating effects of caregiver or adolescent gender on intergenerational transmission were observed.

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Hou et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1d224302fbce9130638159 https://doi.org/10.1155/da/6987736

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Randomized trial examines intergenerational dynamics of depressive and anxiety symptoms in families, suggesting a need for family-centered interventions.

Bidirectional Associations Between Primary Caregivers’ and Adolescents’ Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms: An Intergenerational Actor–Partner Interdependence Model Analysis

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Bidirectional Associations Between Primary Caregivers’ and Adolescents’ Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms: An Intergenerational Actor–Partner Interdependence Model Analysis

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