The Moderated Mediation Effect of Family Communication in the Relationship Between Perceived Achievement Pressure, Academic Stress, and Depression Among Adolescents: Application of Latent Moderated Structural Equations

Key Points

• The study aims to explore how perceived achievement pressure impacts academic stress and depression among adolescents, with a focus on the role of family communication.
• Used data from the 15th year of the Korean Child Panel (2022) involving 1,294 second-year middle school students.
• Analyzed using latent moderated structural equations to investigate moderated mediation effects.
• Significant mediation effect of academic stress on the relationship between perceived achievement pressure and depression was observed.
• Family communication was found to significantly moderate the effect of achievement pressure on depression through academic stress.

Abstract