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July 13, 2026Journal of Mental Health

The effect of perceived parental psychological control on adolescents’ depressive symptoms: the chain mediating role of parent–child conflict frequency and negative emotions

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YJYingying JinWDWan DingXSXiaolu Shao

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Longitudinal design shows parental control influences depressive symptoms in adolescents, indicating the importance of conflict resolution and emotion regulation.

Key Points

  • This study aims to investigate how parent-child conflict and negative emotions mediate the relationship between parental psychological control and adolescent depressive symptoms.
  • Two-wave longitudinal design conducted with 1774 junior high school students over one year.
  • Data was collected at two timepoints to assess the dynamics between parental control and adolescent mental health.
  • Maternal psychological control was found to directly predict adolescent depressive symptoms.
  • Father-child conflict frequency significantly mediated the impact of paternal control, while maternal conflict showed marginal mediation; negative emotions significantly mediated maternal control effects.
  • Maternal control impacted depressive symptoms sequentially through both conflict and negative emotions, unlike paternal control.

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Jin et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a5482a4475c38bf615a5e00https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2026.2695954
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