What is it about?
The present study examined the association between autonomy-granting parenting and children’s depression, and the moderating effects of hope and life satisfaction on the relationship among Chinese children in Hong Kong.
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Why is it important?
Depression is a common mental health problem among children, and autonomy-granting parenting was found to be an important predictor of child depression. Besides, important psychological strengths such as hope and life satisfaction were suggested to be protective factors for children’s development of depression. However, few studies explored the role of autonomy-granting parenting on child depression in Chinese families and the protective roles of hope and life satisfaction on the relationship.
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The current findings firstly provide evidence for the negative association between autonomy-granting parenting and child depression in Chinese context. It also showed that hope and life satisfaction were two important protective factors for children’s development of depressive symptoms under the lower autonomy-granting parenting.
Sylvia Kwok
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This page is a summary of: Autonomy-Granting Parenting and Child Depression: the Moderating Roles of Hope and Life Satisfaction, Journal of Child and Family Studies, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-018-1102-8.
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